The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works.

Fortune sometimes turns round like a mill wheel and he who was yesterday at the top lies today at the bottom

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, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.

All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind which only pleases the sight, but does not captivate the affections. [Sp., No todas hermosuras enamoran, que algunas alegran la vista, y no rinden la voluntad.]