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 deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.

Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

The property of power is to protect.

Thego-between wears out a thousand sandals.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.

Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.