Plan for today as well as for tomorrow. Plan in marble if you would work in stone. Plan your work. Work your plan. Punctuality is disappointing if no one is there to appreciate it.
Reforms come from the bottom.
No man with four aces requests a new deal. Regarding trade relations, most people would like to. Secular education can make men clever, but it cannot make them good. Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer. So far the only successful substitute for brains is silence.