Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

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

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

Thework will teach you how to do it.

Weagree completely on everything, including the fact we don't see eye to eye.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Allthings at first appear difficult.

No onewould talk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.