The measure of a man is what he does with power.

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

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Buying ischeaper than asking.

If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.

He who is unable to dance says the yard is stony.

By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

People who do not believe in miracles are not realist.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.