Be first the master of yourself

He who finds Fortune on his side should go briskly ahead, for she is wont to favor the bold.

Possession hinders enjoyment. It merely gives you the right to keep things for or from others, and thus you gain more enemies than friends.

Hope is a great falsifier of truth.

There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled.

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

Be first the master of yourself