Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

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

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

One of the difficult things to give away is kindness - is usually returned

Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

Few things are harder to pus up with than the annoyance of a good example.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

If at first you do succeed, try, try not to be a bore