Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

It is throughcooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will bederived.

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 property of power is to protect.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.

Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.