Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts.
The real power behind whatever success I have now was something I found within myself - something that's in all of us, I think, a little piece of God just waiting to be discovered.
Adversity reminds men of religion.
In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.
Envy is blind, and she has no other quality than that of detracting from virtue
Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.