To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

As a final incentive before giving up a

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

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

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

You can not help men permanantly by doing for them what they could do for themselves

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.