A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

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

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Neverdoubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change theworld. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

Between grief and nothing I will take Grief.

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.