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

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Icannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you the formula forfailure: Try to please everyone.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

Evena sheet of paper has two sides.

Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Of all the ways to make your fortune the quickest and the best is to make people see clearly how much is your success is in there interest

You can't change people, but you can channel them your way.

The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

To be preparedis half the victory.