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

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

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

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Science has promised us truth. It has never promised us either peace or happiness.

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.