The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was tht they escaped teething.

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

A teacher as a person is more important than a teacher as a technician. What he is has more effect than anything he does.

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

The present is never a happy state to any being

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

There are two kind of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. try to be in the first group; there is a less competition there.

You'vegot to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, know when to run.