Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.

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

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Life without the Courage is death for slavery.

Don'tuse a lot where a little will do.

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

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.