A room without books is a body without soul

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

When weblame, we give away our power.

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.

Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

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

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.