We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

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

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

The man who opts for revenge should dig two graves.

Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.

In all superstitions wise men follow fools.