Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

Always leave something to wish for otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune to keep him is a blessing.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Know or listen to those who know.