Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

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

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

Out ofthe fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.

The weaknesses of many make leader possible.