Little things console us because little things afflict us.

All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.

Be notdisturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.

There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

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

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

It's not only later than you think- it's sooner than you suspect.

Only few men think, but all have opinions.

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

Within-groupconflict is always personal and emotional even if it begins with impersonalissues.