Patience is the art of hoping.

It's not only later than you think- it's sooner than you suspect.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.

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

Laughteris the shortest distance between two people.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.