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

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

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

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

The warexisting between the senses and reason.

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

Artists can color the sky red because they know its blue.those of us who are not artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we are stupid.

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of cancer cell.