Envy is blind, and she has no other quality than that of detracting from virtue
In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.
It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
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.
By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.
Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.