Despair Exaggerates Not Only Our Misery But

Our Actions Are Neither So Good Nor So Evil As Our Impulses.

Persons Of Rank Do Not Talk About Such Trifles As The Common People Do; But The Common People Do Not Busy Themselves About Such Frivolous Things As Do Persons Of Rank.

Learn To Overrule Minor Interest In Favor Of Great Ones, And Generously To Do All The Good The Heart Prompts; A Man Is Never Injured By Acting Virtuously.

It Is Good To Be Firm By Temperament And Pliant By Reflection.

The Maxims Of Men Reveal Their Characters.