Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.

Personal appearance is looking the best you can for the money.

Don'tclose the barn door after the horse runs away.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.

Neversay more than is necessary.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

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