Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was tht they escaped teething.

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

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

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

Some people suffer in silence louder than others

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

What we seek we shall find, what we flee from flee from us.

All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable; those who are movable; and those who move.