If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

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

Don'tuse a lot where a little will do.

He who hurriescannot walk with dignity.

It's notthe will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Every advantage has its tax

There is sweet joy that comes to us that comes to us after sorrow.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.