The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Suffer fools gladly, they might be right.

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was tht they escaped teething.

A room without books is a body without soul

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

Our power is in our ability to decide.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

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