Adversity Makes Men Remember God.

The Troubles Which Have Come Upon Us Always Seem More Serious Than Those Which Are Only Threatening.

There Is Nothing Man Will Not Attempt When Great Enterprises Hold Out The Promise Of Great Rewards.

No Man Likes To Be Surpassed By Those Of This Own Level.

There Is An Old Saying Which, From Its Truth, Has Become Proverbial, That Friendships Should Be Immortal, Enmities Mortal.

Fortune Blinds Men When She Does Not Wish Them To Withstand The Violence Of Her Onslaughts.