Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

Action may not always bring Happiness, but there is no happiness without Action.

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

Evil communication corrupt good manners.

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

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

Never answer a letter while you are angry.

To exaggrerate is to weaken.

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

Liberation is not deliverance.