The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

When indoubt, ask. When not in doubt, ask. If you are not in doubt, you may bekidding yourself.

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

Nevermiss a good chance to shut up.

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

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

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

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

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

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, notof words. Trust movement.