There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

Buyingis cheaper than asking.

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

DonÆt let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

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

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted intoenergy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that canmove the world.

Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.