Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. -Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
This life is only a prelude to eternity.