Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

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

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

Life cannot go on without much forgetting.

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

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

Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.