Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.
The crutch of Time accomplishes more than the club of Hercules.
Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.
Politeness and a sense of honor have this advantage: we bestow them on others without losing a thing.
Fortune soon tires of carrying anyone long on her shoulders.
Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed.