Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

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

Usenon-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S =Smile, O = Open, Posture, F = Forward Lean, T = Touch, E = Eye Contact, N =Nod.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

Use softwords and hard arguments.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.