Work is the price which is paid for reputation.
Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.
It is a great misfortune to be of use to nobody scarcely less to be of use to everybody.
Nothing arouses ambition so much as the trumpet clang of another's fame.
Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.
Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.
Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best for that we must have recourse to art.
Even knowledge has to be in fashion and where it is not it is wise to affect ignorance.
When desire dies, fear is born.
Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.
'No' and 'Yes' are words quickly said but they need a great amount of thought before you utter them.
Some are satisfied to stand politely before the portals of Fortune and to await her bidding better those who push forward who employ their enterprise who on the wings of their worth and valor seek...
He who finds Fortune on his side should go briskly ahead for she is wont to favor the bold.
The things we remember best are those better forgotten.
Friends are a second existence.
It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.
Truth always lags last limping along on the arm of Time.
One who was adored by all in prosperity is abhorred by all in adversity.
Superiority is always detested.
Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult and difficult as if they were easy in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep in the other that it may not be dismayed.