“Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.”

He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.

No man has perpetual good fortune.

The woman who has the best perfume is she who has none.

It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us.

You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned.

Your wealth is where your friends are.

To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.

Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.

Man’s fortune is usually changed at once; life is changeable.

It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy those who are well to do.

In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it.

You must spend money, if you wish to make money.

In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.

If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you.

Poverty is a thorough instructress in all the arts.

It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.

If one burdens the future with one’s worries, it cannot grow organically. I am filled with confidence, not that I shall succeed in worldly things, but that even when things go badly for me I shall still find life good and worth living.

To admit that there is any such thing as chance, in the common acceptation of the term, would be to attempt to establish a power independent of God.

Feelings are good servants, but they are disastrous masters.

Whatever one loves most is beautiful.

It will allow the moderate opposition to be able to neutralize the helicopters and aircraft that are dropping chemicals and have been carpet-bombing them

Confronting an irresponsible person is not painful to him; only consequences are.

A supreme motivation to create or do something special. To win for love.

There’s no better way to become a disintegrated character than to be your own authority.