Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

The World is but, a school of inquiry.

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

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

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.