To overvalue something is a form of lying.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
The crutch of Time accomplishes more than the club of Hercules.
Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.
Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed.