It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.
In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.
It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.
The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you can utter oracles.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.