Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.

Opportunists take now for an answer.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

Life, Like a child, laughs shaking its rattle of death as it runs.

Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

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

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.