A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

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

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.