Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
If one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, if its morals are good or bad, the quality of its music will furnish the answer.
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
I do not see what use a man can be put to, whose word cannot be trusted. How can a wagon be made to go if it has no yoke-bar, or a carriage if it has no collar-bar?