To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

You made your bed, now lie in it.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

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

People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.

Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

Man wonders over the restless Sea........ the flowing waters...... the sight of the sky....... and forgets that as all wonders, man him self is the mast wonderful.

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.