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

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

Wordsare, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

Don't throwout the baby with the bath water.

Buyingis cheaper than asking.

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.