Leave Your Luck While Still Winning.

Attempt Easy Tasks As If They Were Difficult, And Difficult As If They Were Easy; In The One Case That Confidence May Not Fall Asleep, In The Other That It May Not Be Dismayed.

It Is A Great Piece Of Skill To Know How To Guide Your Luck Even While Waiting For It.

Knowing How To Keep A Friend Is More Important Than Gaining A New One.

At Twenty A Man Is A Peacock, At Thirty A Lion, At Forty A Camel, At Fifty A Serpent, At Sixty A Dog, At Seventy An Ape, At Eighty A Nothing At All.

There Is No Desert Like Being Friendless.