I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

If error is corrected whenever it is recognized as such,the path of error is the path of truth.

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

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?

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

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.