Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

You grow up the day you have first real laugh - at yourself

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Kindwords do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

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 manneed never revenge himself; the body of his enemy will be brought to his owndoor.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.