It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

The Universe is not only queerer that we imagine, it is queered than we can imagine.

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

Jealousy arises from lack of Confidence, not in others, but in onself.

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

Inbusiness, you don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.

Diseases are Tax on the pleasure.

Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

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

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