Man show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

Ability is poor men's wealth

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

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

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

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

Theability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.