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

Old fools are more foolish than you ones.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

The hardest thing to disguise is you feelings when you put a lot of relatives on the train for home.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

The major cause of traffic accidents is that men put into their cars as much ego as petrol.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.