There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

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

Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

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

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

Nosnowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

The present is never a happy state to any being

The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.