“We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.”

We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?

Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.

From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.

Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.

The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.

Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.

A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.

He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.

Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.

Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.

In everything we ought to look at the end.

The strongest passion is fear.

One returns to the place one came from.

It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.

The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.

Common sense among men of fortune is rare.

Fortune and love favor the brave.

Prosperity tries the fortunate; adversity the great.

In my experience, men who respond to good fortune with modesty and kindness are harder to find than those who face adversity with courage.

The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.

What good fortune for those in power that people do not think.

Everyone has their own time to get their fortune. Be happy for others while you wait for your time.

Fortune favors the prepared mind.