“O vento e as ondas estão sempre a favor do navegador habilidoso.”
The wind and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire - Vol. IV, Página 345 http://books.google.com.br/books?id=joUPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA345, de Edward Gibbon - Publicado por Harper & brothers, 1841