In the field of observation, chance
favors the prepared mind.
?Louis Pasteur
To accept a favor is to forfeit liberty.
?Laber
Abstaining is favorable both
to the head and the pocket.
?Horace Greeley
Benefits should be conferred gradually;
and in that way they will taste better.
?Niccolo Machiavelli
All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and. . .
you don't win the favor of the ancient
gods by being good, but by being bold.
?Anita Brookner
To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.
?Publilius Syrus
