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

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind

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

Peopleshould talk less and draw more. Personally, I would like to renounce speechaltogether and, like organic nature, communicate everything I have to sayvisually.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

you can not strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

Only few men think, but all have opinions.