He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see thegood.

Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and a blind can read.

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

Makesure you leave some fat for the other side.

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

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Silenceis argument carried out by other means.

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

Suspicion begets suspicion.