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

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Everyoneis wise until he speaks.

Eyes are more accurate witness than ears

Themost important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how toget along with people.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Nevercut what you can untie.

If you ain't never pick up the sword,you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

We'reeyeball to eyeball and the other fellow just blinked.