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

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

You made your bed, now lie in it.

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

He who is unable to dance says the yard is stony.

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

There is a foolish corner in the brain of wisest man.

Greatideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.