Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

He who hurriescannot walk with dignity.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Malice drinketh its own poison.

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

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

Whenanger comes, wisdom goes.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge