Hope is a great falsifier of truth.
The happy are an exception who enjoy innocently their simple happiness.
He who puts off nothing till tomorrow has done a great deal.
Truth is for the minority.
Some are satisfied to stand politely before the portals of Fortune and to await her bidding; better those who push forward, who employ their enterprise, who on the wings of their worth and valor seek to embrace luck, and to effectively gain her favor.
Fools rush in through the door; for folly is always bold.