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 makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.

A bad workman never gets a good tool.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

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

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

Love is the noblest frailty of the of the mind

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

A language is like living skin itself.

Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.