Opportunity dances with those who are ready on the dance floor.

Opportunity dances with those who are ready on the dance floor.

I've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds
With coldness still returning;
Alas! the gratitude of men
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I've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds
With coldness still returning;
Alas! the gratitude of men
Hath often left me mourning.

The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.

The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.

America is another name for opportunity.

America is another name for opportunity.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

Let the man, who would be grateful, think of repaying a kindness,
even while receiving it.
[Lat., Qui read more

Let the man, who would be grateful, think of repaying a kindness,
even while receiving it.
[Lat., Qui gratus futurus est statim dum accipit de reddendo
cogitet.]

It is always in season for old men to learn.

It is always in season for old men to learn.

Here the heart
May give a useful lesson to the head,
And learning wiser grow without his read more

Here the heart
May give a useful lesson to the head,
And learning wiser grow without his books.