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.

Nature often lets us down when we most need her; let us turn to art.

A prudent man will think more important what fate has conceded to him, than what it has denied.

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.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.

You have to appear wiser and more prudent than is required by the people you are dealing with if you want to give a high opinion of yourself.