To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

Be yourself and speak your mind today, though it contradicts all you have said before.

Conflictis neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

Tobelieve in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

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

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.