A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

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

Life without the Courage is death for slavery.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.