Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

We'reeyeball to eyeball and the other fellow just blinked.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

A quiettongue shows a wise head.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait untilthe deadline looms large.

Bring ideas in and treat them royally,for one of them may be the king.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

When you choose the lesses of two evils always remember there is still an evil.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour