The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read "President Can't Swim".
Experience is a good teacher, but she send in terrific bills.
It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring.
A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.
Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus, but use all gently. For in the very torrent, tempest, and as I may say, whirlwind of passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness.