The truest wild beasts live in the most populous places.
Baltasar Gracian Quotes
Chance has something to say in everything, even how to write a good letter.
Good things, when short, are twice as good.
He who finds Fortune on his side should go briskly ahead, for she is wont to favor the bold.
Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.
Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another’s fame.
Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.
For a thing to remain undone nothing more is needed than to think of it done.
Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.