Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.
Begin whatever you have to do: the beginning of a work stands for the whole.
If lucky be not proud; if unlucky, do not despond.
Can we wonder that men perish and are forgotten when their noblest and most enduring works decay?
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.