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

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

Sayingnothing... sometimes says the most.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

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

Teaching may contribute to certain kinds of learning under certain circumstances.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

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

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