I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

Pain is the outcome of sin.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

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

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Humality is a strange thing. The minute you think you've got it, you've lost it.

Pleasant words are the food of love.

My Strength is made perfect in weakness