Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable; those who are movable; and those who move.

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

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

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

You canobserve a lot by just watching.

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

The repetition in nature may not be a mere recurrence. It may e a theatrical "encore"

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.