Whenour knowing exceeds our sensing, we will no longer be deceived by theillusions of our senses.

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

Could agreater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’seyes for an instant?

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

It'swhen you're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

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

Thegreatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.