Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

We donot have to agree; we do need to understand.

Laughteris the shortest distance between two people.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.

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

Freedom can only be real if it is freedom for those think differently.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.