Good fortune is the greatest of blessings, but good counsel comes next, and the lack of it destroys the other also.
The man who is in the highest state of prosperity, and who thinks his fortune is most secure, knows not if it will remain unchanged till the evening.
Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
We believe whatever we want to believe.
To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.
Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master