Bytrying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

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

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

Patience is the art of hoping.

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

Do good to your friend to keep him, and to your enemy to make him your freind.