All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable; those who are movable; and those who move.

Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.

No one is rich enough to do without neighbour.

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

He understands badly who listens badly.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working, waited for, it usually keeps waiting.

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

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.