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

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

Wordsare, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Tolerance that accepts merits as the most natural thing in World is the highest applause.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

What we seek we shall find, what we flee from flee from us.