Admiration is the basis of ignorance.

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.

No' and 'Yes' are words quickly said, but they need a great amount of thought before you utter them.

It is a novel kind of supremacy, the best that life can offer, to have as servants by skill those who by nature are our masters.

Take care to make things turn out well. Some people scruple more over pointing things in the right direction than over successfully reaching their goals. The disgrace of failure outweighs the diligence they showed. A winner is never asked for explanations.

The heaven of the envied is hell for the envious. [...because they focus on what they don't have rather than being grateful for what they have, which is always better than some others.]

All victories breed, and that over your superior is foolish or fatal.