Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

Every man has enough power left to carry out that of whichhe is convinced.

Evil alone has oil for every wheel

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.