Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

The Universe is not only queerer that we imagine, it is queered than we can imagine.

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughtd other man by reason of respect or natural love.

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.

Laughteris the shortest distance between two people.

The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

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