“Fortune . . . shows her power where valour has not prepared to resist her, and thither she turns her forces where she knows that barriers and defences have not been raised to constrain her.” The Prince
Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a worm, and yet he will be making gods by dozens. Essays
You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself. Enchiridion
All office workers are afraid of being late for work. The Post Office Girl
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