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

It's good to shut up sometimes.

A Habit is a shirt made of iron.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

Angels fly, because they take themselves lightly.

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, Beautiful old people are works of art.

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.