Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

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