“Say farewell to luck when winning. It is the way of the gamblers of reputation. Quite as important as a gallant advance is a well-planned retreat. Lock up your winnings when they are enough, or when great. Continuous luck is always suspect; more secure is that which changes. Though half bitter and half sweet, it is more satisfying to the taste. The more luck pyramids, the greater the danger of slip and collapse. For luck always compensates her intensity by her brevity. Fortune wearies of carrying anyone long upon her shoulders.”

“He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.”

“Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.”

“Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.”

“Know or listen to those who know.”

“The wise does at once what the fool does at last.”

“Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.”

“The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.”

“Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.”

“Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.”

“Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.”