It is a madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because in herself she is nothing, can rule nothing, but is ruled by prudence.
Not to ask is not be denied.
He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.
The bravest men are subject most to chance.
Deathless laurel is the victor's due.
Trust reposed in noble natures obliges them the more.