The truest wild beasts live in the most populous places.

There are rules to luck, not everything is chance for the wise; luck can be helped by skill.

A man is judged by his friends, for the wise and the foolish have never agreed.

It is therefore an excellent device to acquire knowledge from everybody.

Honorable beginnings should serve to awaken curiosity, not to heighten people's expectations. We are much better off when reality surpasses our expectations, and something turns out better than we thought it would.

Folly consists not in committing Folly, but in being incapable of concealing it. All men make mistakes, but the wise conceal the blunders they have made, while fools make them public. Reputation depends more on what is hidden than on what is seen. If you can’t be good, be careful.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.