Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

Fromlittle acorns mighty oaks do grow.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

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

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.

A state with defective laws will have defective morals.

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.

He who is overcautious will accomplish little.

Bestill when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Not work, but the thought that he must work is what makes the lazy man tired.