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

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.

God made time, but man made haste.

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

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

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.