Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

You make a mountain of a mole-hill.

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

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

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.