Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

There is sweet joy that comes to us that comes to us after sorrow.

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

History is the witness of the times, the light of truth.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

People say law but they mean wealth.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Life imitates art far more that art imitates life.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

My Strength is made perfect in weakness

Conflictleads to less-than-adequate performance, resentments, and lack of motivation.