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

It's not only later than you think- it's sooner than you suspect.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

Beware,as long as you live, of judging people of appearances.

A slyrabbit will have three openings to its den.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

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 greatharmony.

It's notthe will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

Ignorance is a bold, and knowledge reserved

Whenour knowing exceeds our sensing, we will no longer be deceived by theillusions of our senses.