Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital.

Solyndra's failure isn't a reason for the government to give up on alternative energy, any more than the failure of Pets.com during the Internet bubble means that venture capital should steer clear of tech projects.

Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.

May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely, than this our own country!

An investment said to have an 80% chance of success sounds far more attractive than one with a 20% chance of failure. The mind can't easily recognize that they are the same.

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.