Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

Astupid act entails doing the work twice over.

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.

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

Discord gives a relish to concord.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

If wecannot end our differences at least we can make the world safe for diversity.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.