All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candour

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

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

Keep inmind that the better you understand what you want and why you want it, thebetter your chances will be of acquiring it.

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

Education is the ability to listen to almost everything without losing your temper or self-confidence.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

Better hazard than always be in fear.

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.