高瞻远瞩。今日要考虑明日的事，甚至要考虑日后许多天的事。高瞻远瞩是在麻烦到来之时早作决断。富有远见可避免厄运，小心谨慎可以避险。不要等深陷泥潭才想起运用智慧，深思熟虑能帮我们克服最大的困难。枕头是个无声的女巫，早作打算、高枕无忧，比事到临头辗转难眠要好。有些人先行动，后思考，他们考虑得多的是行动的借口，而非行动的结果；还有的人无论在事前还是事后，从不思考。人生就是一个不断思考如何避免偏离正路的过程，深思熟虑和先见之明让人得以确定正确的人生道路。
think beforehand. today for tomorrow, and even for many days hence. the greatest foresight consists in determining beforehand the time of trouble. for the provident there are no mischances and for the careful no narrow escapes. we must not put off thought till we are up to the chin in mire. mature reflection can get over the most formidable difficulty. the pillow is a silent sibyl, and it is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards. many act first and then think afterwards－that is, they think less of consequences than of excuses; others think neither before nor after. the whole of life should be one course of thought how not to miss the right path. rumination and foresight enable one to determine the line of life.
