If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

What wesee depends mainly on what we look for.

Example is better than following it.

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

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

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.

Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

Everyoneis wise until he speaks.

It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.

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