Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

You can not help men permanantly by doing for them what they could do for themselves

It is mark of a good man not to know how to do an injury.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

Not work, but the thought that he must work is what makes the lazy man tired.

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possiblility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.

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