To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

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

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

A bad workman never gets a good tool.

Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

To teach isto learn twice.

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't leads anywhere.

What is well done is done soon enough.