It is a good reader that makes a good book.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

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

Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

Extremiststhink communication means agreeing with them.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

You made your bed, now lie in it.

Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.