There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
Your wealth is where your friends are
A good disposition I far prefer to gold; for gold is the gift of fortune; goodness of disposition is the gift of nature. I prefer much rather to be called good than fortunate.
Courage easily finds its own eloquence.
Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.
He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own conduct.