If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

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

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

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

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

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.