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

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

Theultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but hold hands.

Two man looks out through the same bars: the one sees the mud, the one the stars.

A room without books is a body without soul

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

Thego-between wears out a thousand sandals.