Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Oppositesattract and then can't stand each other.

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

Ignorance is a bold, and knowledge reserved