Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

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

Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

No man everdid a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater tohimself .

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

Words should be scattered like seeds, no matter how small the seed may be, its it has one found favourable ground, it unfolds its strength.

Evil alone has oil for every wheel

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughtd other man by reason of respect or natural love.