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

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

Unresolved:A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.

To beprepared is half the victory.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and wherepower predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of theother.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

Don'tconsider your reputation and you may do anything you like.

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.