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

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

The more faithfully you listen to the voice withhin you, the batter you will hear what is sounding outside.And only he who listens can speak.

Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

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 school should be the most beautiful place in every town- so beautiful tht the punishment for undutiful children should be that they be debarred from going to school the following day.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come great harmony.

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.