Ignorant men do not know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.
It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
There is an ancient saying, famous among men, that thou shouldst not judge fully of a man's life before he dieth, whether it should be called blest or wretched.
It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
Of all human ills, greatest is fortune's wayward tyranny.