It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

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

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

Itisn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.