A fly beforehis own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field.

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

No one is rich enough to do without neighbour.

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.

No matterhow thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candour

Fools rush in where fools have been before.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

If you would know what nobody knows, read what everybody reads just after one year afterwards.