Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

Education is the chief defence of a Nation.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Outside noisy, inside empty.

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

Education is the ability to listen to almost everything without losing your temper or self-confidence.

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to