Ability Without Honor Is Useless.

There Is No Duty More Indispensible Than That Of Returning A Kindness.

As You Have Sown So Shall You Reap.

It Is Besides Necessary That Whoever Is Brave Should Be A Man Of Great Soul.

For It Is Commonly Said: Accomplished Labours Are Pleasant.

All Men Have A Feeling, That They Would Rather You Told Them A Civil Lie Than Give Them A Point Blank Refusal.... If You Make A Promise, The Thing Is Still Uncertain, Depends On A Future Day, And Concerns But Few People; But If You Refuse You Alienate People To A Certainty And At Once, And Many People Too.