Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

Discord gives a relish to concord.

Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

Don't throwout the baby with the bath water.

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

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