Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
Men should pledge themselves to nothing; for reflection makes a liar of their resolution.
Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
What house, bloated with luxury, ever became prosperous without a woman’s excellence?
Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.
I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.
No more shall ye behold such sights of woe, deeds I have suffered and myself have wrought; henceforward quenched in darkness shall ye see those ye should ne’er have seen; now blind to those whom, when I saw, I vainly yearned to know.
Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.
It is best not to have been born at all: but, if born, as quickly as possible to return whence one came.
Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
The truth is always the strongest argument.
Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
It can be no dishonor to learn from others when they speak good sense.
The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but since we are all likely to go astray, The reasonable thing is to learn from those who can teach.
There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.