Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.

He who neglects what is done for what ought to be done, sooner effects his ruin than his preservation.

In conclusion, the arms of others either fall from your back, or they weigh you down, or they bind you fast.

Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds.

Hence it comes that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Men in general judge more by the sense of sight than by the sense of touch, because everyone can see but few can test by feeling. Everyone sees what you seem to be, few know what you really are; and those few do not dare take a stand against the general opinion.