If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

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

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was tht they escaped teething.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

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

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Love is an act of faith and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.

EDUCATION BEGINS WITH LIFE.