A Refusal Of Praise Is A Desire

No Man Deserves To Be Praised For His Goodness, Who Has It Not In His Power To Be Wicked. Goodness Without That Power Is Generally Nothing More Than Sloth, Or An Impotence Of Will.

Perfect Courage And Utter Cowardice Are Two Extremes Which Rarely Occur.

Everyone Praises His Heart, None Dare Praise Their Understanding.

Love Has Its Name Borrowed By A Great Number Of Dealings And Affairs That Are Attributed To It--in Which It Has No Greater Part Than The Doge In What Is Done At Venice.

Our Virtues Are Often, In Reality, No Better Than Vices Disguised.