To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

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

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.