Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

Science has promised us truth. It has never promised us either peace or happiness.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come great harmony.

If youare standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

It is a good reader that makes a good book.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.

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