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

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

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

A danger forseen is half avoided.

Living is the art of getting used to what we did'nt expect.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

What we seek we shall find, what we flee from flee from us.

Beautifullight is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is oftenthe strongest and the best.