Before Strongly Desiring Anything, We Should Look

Our Good Qualities Expose Us More To Hatred And Persecution Than All The Ill We Do.

Perseverance Is Neither Praiseworthy Nor Blameworthy; For It Seems To Be Only The Enduring Of Certain Inclinations And Opinions Which Men Neither Give Themselves Nor Take Away From Themselves.

There Are Bad People Who Would Be Less Dangerous If They Were Quite Devoid Of Goodness.

Tis More Dishonourable To Distrust A Friend Than To Be Deceived By Him.

We Do Not Despise All Those Who Have Vices, But We Do Despise Those That Have No Virtue.