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I have observed on board a steamer how men and women easily give way to their instinct for flirtation because water has the power of washing away o...more

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Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are but hairs, as in the young.

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The water in a vessel is sparkling the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear the great truth has great silence.

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To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth.

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If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out.

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By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.