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

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.

The darkest hour has only 60 minutes

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

A lie has no leg, but a scandel has wings