Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughtd other man by reason of respect or natural love.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

People who invite trouble always complain when it occurs.

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

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

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

A good conscience is the best divinity.