Modesty is the clothing of talent.

Enthusiasm sees only the down payment.

Be notdisturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.

Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to knowhim better.

Extremiststhink communication means agreeing with them.

Let not thy will roar, when the power can but whisper.

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs that freedom never endangered.

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

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.