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

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

Without dialogue there is no communication, without communication there is no true education.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Don'tput all your eggs in one basket.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

Bytrying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.