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

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

The darkest hour has only 60 minutes

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

Genius is a long impatience.

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

Don't beafraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.