A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

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

Life has become a struggle between keeping your weight down and you spirits up.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Thework will teach you how to do it.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

Youdon't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. Anonymous Agood deal is a state of mind.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

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