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

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

What is well done is done soon enough.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

Humoris the affectionate communication of insight.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.

The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a refuge from home life.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.