Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

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

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

Power tires only those who do not have it.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come great harmony.

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.