Fortune Converts Everything To The Advantage Of

The Moderation Of People In Prosperity Is The Effect Of A Smooth And Composed Temper, Owing To The Calm Of Their Good Fortune.

However Great The Advantages Given Us By Nature, It Is Not She Alone, But Fortune With Her, Which Makes Heroes.

Good And Bad Fortune Are Found Severally To Visit Those Who Have The Most Of The One Or The Other.

In Friendship, As In Love, We Are Often More Happy From The Things We Are Ignorant Of Than From Those We Are Acquainted With.

Were We Not Proud Ourselves, We Should Not Complain Of The Pride Of Others.