We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

Habit: the shackles of the free

Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

There is no passion in life as intense as the desire to change someone else's draft.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.

Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

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