Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

No one was ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself.

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

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

Every man has enough power left to carry out that of whichhe is convinced.

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

When your work speaks for itself,don't interrupt.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

There'sno need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.

When the eyes says one thing, and the tounge another, a practised man relise on the language of first.