Watchfulness is the only guard against cunning. Be intent on his intentions. Many succeed in making others do their own affairs, and unless you possess the key to their motives you may at any moment be forced to take their chestnuts out of the fire to the damage of your own fingers.

Cultivate those who can teach you.

A brand new mediocrity is thought more of than accustomed excellence.

They make the greatest show of what they have done, who have done least.

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

Oh life, you should never had begun, but since you did, you should never end

Some are satisfied to stand politely before the portals of Fortune and to await her bidding; better those who push forward, who employ their enterprise, who on the wings of their worth and valor seek to embrace luck, and to effectively gain her favor.