Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

Youdon't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. Anonymous Agood deal is a state of mind.

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

It is mark of a good man not to know how to do an injury.

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, Beautiful old people are works of art.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

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