Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

Between grief and nothing I will take Grief.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

No one was ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left

You've gotto know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, knowwhen to run.

A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.

A room without books is a body without soul

Use softwords and hard arguments.

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.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di