The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

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

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

Science has promised us truth. It has never promised us either peace or happiness.

Never answer a letter while you are angry.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

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

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

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

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.