You made your bed, now lie in it.

You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

A clynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

Knowlege is two-fold, and consists not only an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is faise

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.

Wheneveryou're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make thedifference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factoris attitude.

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

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.