Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

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

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

Sweet is pleasure after pain

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

Badplanning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.