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

The desire for change is a sign of safety.

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

Everyoneis wise until he speaks.

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holesare deep.

Wordsare, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

A person who talks about his Inferiors han't any.

Who can say more than rich praise, that you alone are you?