He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
A good person dyes events with his own color . . . and turns whatever happens to his own benefit.
No wind blows in favor of a ship without direction.
Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
What-so-ever the mind has ordained for itself, it has achieved
It is a tedious thing to be always beginning life; they live badly who always begin to live.