Fortune turns all things to the advantage of those on whom she smiles.

Fancy sets the value on the gifts of fortune.

We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.

Moderation is represented as a virtue in order to restrain the ambition of great men, and to console those of a meaner condition in their lesser merit and fortune.

The most sure method of subjecting yourself to be deceived is to consider yourself more cunning than others.

We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced danger.

Narrowness of mind is often the cause of obstinacy; we do not easily believe beyond what we see.