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.

Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.

Rate the intensive above the extensive. The perfect does not lie in quantity, but in quality.

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

All victories breed, and that over your superior is foolish or fatal.

We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend.