In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

The Pursuit of perfection is the persuit of sweetness and light.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

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