It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by 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

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.

Only few men think, but all have opinions.

The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid