He That Would Be A Great Man

Virtue Would Not Make Such Advances If There Were Not A Little Vanity To Keep It Company.

People Are Often Vain Of Their Passions, Even Of The Worst, But Envy Is A Passion So Timid And Shame-faced That No One Ever Dare Avow Her.

Women Can Less Easily Surmount Their Coquetry Than Their Passions.

However Glorious An Action In Itself, It Ought Not To Pass For Great If It Be Not The Effect Of Wisdom And Intention.

More Men Are Guilty Of Treason Through Weakness Than Any Studied Design To Betray.