The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

A good conscience is the best divinity.

Don't consideryour reputation and you may do anything you like.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Personal responsibility is too fiscal accountability as lovemaking is to a gynaecological examination

If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the goodintentions of those who create it.

.Oneshould count each day a separate life.

Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.

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