When you sail aimlessly, no wind is favorable.
The rose of deep friendship cannot be plucked without hurting the hand on many thorns of contradiction. It is in self-denial that we overcome many invincible resistances to...
Camilo Castelo Branco
No wind blows in favor of those who don't know where to go.
Seneca
Every time the government tries to manage our business, it becomes more expensive and the results are worse than if we were to do it ourselves.
Benjamin Constant
We constantly do things because others do them.
(A. Manzoni)
Avoid doing men those favors that cannot be done without provoking equal disadvantages to others: for whoever is offended does not forget, or rather, considers...
Francesco Guicciardini