Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

Usenon-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S =Smile, O = Open, Posture, F = Forward Lean, T = Touch, E = Eye Contact, N =Nod.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

All thingsat first appear difficult.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

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