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

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Search not a wound too deep lest thou maketh a new one.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

How should the lamb negotiate with the lion.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

Constant repetition carries conviction.

Thereare two sides to every question.

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.