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 reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

The ultimate measured a man is not where he stands in marents of comfort, but whre he stands at times of challenge & contraversy.

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Who can say more than rich praise, that you alone are you?

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.