Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.

Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

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

Whatlies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to whatlies inside of you.

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

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

A room without books is a body without soul

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.