All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

Humoris the affectionate communication of insight.

Man wonders over the restless Sea........ the flowing waters...... the sight of the sky....... and forgets that as all wonders, man him self is the mast wonderful.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.

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