Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

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

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

The weaknesses of many make leader possible.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

A slyrabbit will have three openings to its den.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.