Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
It can be no dishonor to learn from others when they speak good sense.
Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere.
Who feels no ills, should, therefore, fear them; and when fortune smiles, be doubly cautious, lest destruction come remorseless on him, and he fall unpitied.
Kindness begets kindness evermore.
Opportunity has power over all things.