If Fate does not adjust itself to you, adjust yourself to Fate. -- Persian Proverb Never exaggerate your faults. Your friends will attend to that. -- Robert C. Edwards A series of failures may culminate in the best possible result. -- Gisela Richter If you want to make a dangerous man your friend, let him do you a favor. -- Warden Lewis E. Lawes Fear not, provided you fear; but if you fear not, then fear. -- Blaise Pascal Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them. -- Jean de La Fontaine Bear, do not blame, what cannot be changed. -- Publilius Syrus BONUS QUOTE: Pay no attention to what the critics say; no statue has ever been erected to a critic. -- Jean Sibelius