The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

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

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

Bestill when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candour

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.