Chances rule men and not men chances.
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
Soft men tend to be born from soft countries.
It is a law of nature that fainthearted men should be the fruit of luxurious countries, for we never find that the same soil produces delicacies and heroes.
God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.