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

Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead.

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

Not work, but the thought that he must work is what makes the lazy man tired.

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Science has promised us truth. It has never promised us either peace or happiness.

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.