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

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.

Due to circumstances beyond your control, you are master of your fateand captain of your soul.

There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

Years wrinkle the face, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?

Discord gives a relish to concord.