Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
Good fortune and a good disposition are rarely given to the same man.
Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune's breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.