He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

He who is overcautious will accomplish little.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

If an enemyis annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

He whoangers you, conquers you.

Allthings at first appear difficult.

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

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