Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

The first duty of love is to listen.

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

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

True youth is a quality which is acquired only with age.

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