To wish is of little account; to succeed you must earnestly desire; and this desire must shorten thy sleep.
No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.
Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.
Time, motion and wine cause sleep.
If God be my friend, I cannot be wretched.
Whilst you are prosperous you can number many friends; but when the storm comes you are left alone.