Oppositesattract and then can't stand each other.

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

You can not help men permanantly by doing for them what they could do for themselves

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

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 young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.