Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

Ability is poor men's wealth

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

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

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

Whenanger comes, wisdom goes.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.