A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

Unselfishness is more paying,only people have not the patience to practice it.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

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

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge

Living is the art of getting used to what we did'nt expect.

Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.