A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.

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

Nomatter how thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

Personal responsibility is too fiscal accountability as lovemaking is to a gynaecological examination

Sweet is pleasure after pain

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.