Fortune converts everything to the advantage of her favorites.
In growing old, we become more foolish - and more wise.
Fortune never appears so blind as to those to whom she does no good.
The daily employment of cunning marks a little mind, it generally happens that those who resort to it in one respect to protect themselves lay themselves open to attack in another.
Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck, that of the people.
Many young persons believe themselves natural when they are only impolite and coarse.