The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

Compromise.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.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

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

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.

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

Personal responsibility is too fiscal accountability as lovemaking is to a gynaecological examination

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Discord gives a relish to concord.