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

Patience is the art of hoping.

Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

Love is an act of faith and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.