It is rash to condemn where you are ignorant.
Philosophy alone makes the mind invincible, and places us out of the reach of fortune, so that all her arrows fall short of us.
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
Life is most delightful on the downward slope.
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.