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

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

Man show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable.

Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Step after step the ladder is ascended

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

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