The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

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

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

Liberation is not deliverance.

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

The Shortest distance between two jokes makess a perfect speech.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.