Keep Your Eye Fixed Not So Much

Since There Is Nothing So Well Worth Having As Friends, Never Lose A Chance To Make Them.

If You Attempt Certain Things At The Right Time, They Are Easy To Accomplish - In Fact, They Almost Get Done By Themselves. If You Undertake Them Before The Time Is Right, Not Only Will They Fail, But They Will Often Become Impossible To Accomplish Even When The Time Would Have Been Right.

...be More Guided By Hope Than Fear.

There Is No Evil In Human Affairs That Has Not Some Good Mingled With It. [it., Non E Male Alcuno Nelle Cose Umane Che Non Abbia Congiunto Seco Qualche Bene.]

Ambassadors Are The Eye And Ear Of States.