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

You should aim to be independent of any one vote, of any one fashion, of any one century.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

When you find Fortune favorable, stride boldly forward, for she favors the bold, and being a woman, the young.

It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.

Friendship multiplies blessings and...soothes the soul.

God Himself chasteneth not with a rod but with time.