Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

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

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

Man show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable.

Bytrying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.

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

You can't unscramble an egg.

Whoever is winning the race will always seem to be invincible.

The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.