Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

Whatlies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to whatlies inside of you.

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

It's whenyou're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

Don'tuse a lot where a little will do.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

The numberone goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintain theirself-esteem.

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.