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

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyoneelse.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.

Thegreatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

Only few men think, but all have opinions.

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.