The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

Differentfields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.

Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

Onlywhen all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

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

Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

Thego-between wears out a thousand sandals.

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.