Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

A teleision set is like a toaster. You press a button and the same thing pops up almost every time.

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

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

Fools rush in where fools have been before.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

A state with defective laws will have defective morals.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Nosnowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Thego-between wears out a thousand sandals.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.