God Himself chasteneth not with a rod but with time.

The best remedy for disturbances is to let them run their course, for so they quiet down.

Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.

Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.

Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.

Leave your luck while still winning.

Know how to keep anticipation alive: always strive to feed it, by letting the much promise more, and the one achievement be the announcement only of a greater. Put not all your reserves into the first throw; the great trick is to dole out strength, and to dole out mind, in such a fashion as to bring forward increasingly the fulfillment of what was expected of you.