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.

In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.

By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.

From abundance springs satiety.

All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.

It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.

Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.