It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.

Sometimes the man of action is the fellow who has just got both his feat in hot water.

You grow up the day you have first real laugh - at yourself

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

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

Everytime we read, a seed is sown for the future.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

If you don't know where you're going, you'll end upsomewhere else.

Discord gives a relish to concord.