Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.
To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
Work at it night and day.
The cook cares not a bit for toil, toil, if the fowl be plump and fat
Whatever advice you give, be short.