Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.

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

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.

Conflictis neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Bytrying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

Don't beafraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.