The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.

An unguarded comment often proves every bit as valuable as a response to a direct question.

Sometimes it's an advantage to be disadvantaged

only a fool blames the messenger.

if you take care of the pennies, the pounds will take care of themselves.

Time spent on preparation is seldom wasted.

A work of art is worth what someone will pay for it.

You see, the problem with being a bully is that on the flipside of that particular coin, you'll find the imprint of a coward.

No time like the present

Pride has never been a virtue. There are some occasions on which it is wise to remain silent.

Only three things mattered about a hotel: position, position and position.

If you have to pay a bill, always make it look as if the amount is of no consequence.

Fortune favours the brave

The sign of a great man is how you handle defeat. - Old Jack

There are defining moments in one's life when you learn about yourself, and you deposit that knowledge in the experience account, so you can draw on it at some later date.

I find I don't learn a lot while I'm talking

we all suffer in our different ways from being prisoners of birth.

I have discovered with advancing years that few things are entirely black or white, but more often different shades of grey.

Some people standby you in your darkest hour while others walk away; only a select few march towards you and become even closer friends.

Such were the travelers along the way; but fat abbot, rich esquire, or money-laden usurer came there none.

We were born to crucify the truth; it is our mission in life, and we must not be blamed when we fulfill our destiny.

Once I slew a man, and never do I wish to slay a man again, for it is bitter for the soul to think thereon.

Let me tell you, an I had the shaping of things in this world, ye should all three have been clothed in the finest silks, and ride upon milk-white horses, with pages at your side, and feed upon...

IN MERRY ENGLAND in the time of old, when good King Henry the Second ruled the land, there lived within the green glades of Sherwood Forest, near Nottingham Town, a famous outlaw whose name was Robin...

For every man may sin, and yet again may sin; yet still is he God's handiwork, and still God is near by His handiwork to aid him ever to a fresh endeavour to righteousness.

Now, you and I cannot go two ways at the same time while we join in these merry doings; so we will e'en let Little John follow his own path while we tuck up our skirts and trudge after Robin Hood.

So passed the seasons then, so they pass now, and so they will pass in tome to come, while we come and go like leaves of the tree that fall and are soon forgotten.

Gaffer Swanthold speaks truth when he saith, 'Better a crust with content than honey with a sour heart.

Just your everyday grouping of civilized gentlemen, sitting in a round robin to discuss the events of the day with quivering erections.

awake. James would force himself to close his eyes. For the next few hours, he'd lie there, thrashing around, trying to get comfortable. By morning