As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit for.

Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit.

We should make virtue our master, not our servant.

The books are balanced in heaven, not here.

There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.

Remember the poor, it costs nothing.

Fortune is like a coquette; if you don't run after her, she will run after you.