No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods.

A hoarseness caused by swallowing gold and silver.

All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

The easiest thing of all is to deceive one's self; for what a man wishes he generally believes to be true.

There is a great deal of wishful thinking in such cases; it is the easiest thing of all to deceive one’s self.