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.
Friends provoked become the bitterest of enemies.
Not he that adorns but he that adores makes a divinity.
There is no need to show your ability before everyone.
It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.
There is no revenge like oblivion, for it is the entombment of the unworthy in the dust of their own nothingness.