The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

Some People strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

Onemust talk little and listen much.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay, falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

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

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

Man show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable.

There is much more learning than knowing in the world.

Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.