“President Wilson says a leader must treat public opinion the way a sailor deals with the wind, using it to blow the ship in one direction or another, but never trying to go directly against it.”

“Mastering time is similar to an individual who's trying to predict the direction in which the wind will blow.”

“Time cannot be mastered, just like the unpredictable wind that leaves us wondering which direction it is going to blow next.”

“One does not attain everything he wishes for.
Winds blow counter to what the ships desire.”

“Like sailors, we cannot change the weather or the direction of the wind. But we change the direction of our sails.”

“Death is another milestone on their way.
With laughter on their lips and with winds blowing round them
They record simply
How this one excelled all others in making driving belts.”

“We pulled for you when the wind was against us and the sails were low.
Will you never let us go?”

“And who am I to blow against the wind?”

“You never push a noun against a verb without trying to blow up something.”

“With no fixed opinions in relation to the causes of public prosperity, the nation, like a ship without chart or compass, was driven about by the caprice of the winds and the folly of the pilot, alike ignorant of the place of her departure or destination.”