A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

A good conscience is the best divinity.

Informationis a negotiator's greatest weapon.

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

Happiness is the art of making a bouquet of those flowers within reach.

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

Love is the noblest frailty of the of the mind

A hard job is one which leaves a fellow as tired before week-end as after.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp