It'swhen you're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

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

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

Diseases are Tax on the pleasure.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

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

A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay, falsehood by haste and uncertainity.