Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Necessity truns lion into fox.

It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Opportunists take now for an answer.