I was in total darkness now and I strained my ears to hear what was going on with my friends.
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
Act as if it were impossible to fail.
Whatever you do, do it to the purpose; do it thoroughly, not superficially. Go to the bottom of things. Any thing half done, or half known, is in my mind, neither done nor known at all. Nay, worse, for it often misleads.
The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.
Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.
We owe something to extravagance, for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand.