Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.

A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.

From abundance springs satiety.

A certain peace is better and safer than a victory in prospect; the former is at your own disposal, the latter depends upon the gods.

In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.

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.