Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and the goal of a good intention was never reached through its opposite, laziness.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.

Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.

Good actions ennoble us, we are the sons of our own deeds.