In Great Affairs We Ought To Apply

Most People Judge Men By Their Success Or Their Good Fortune.

Truth Does Not Do As Much Good In The World As Its Imitations Do Harm.

The Love Of New Acquaintance Comes Not So Much From Being Weary Of What We Had Before, Or From Any Satisfaction There Is In Change, As From The Distaste We Feel In Being Too Little Admired By Those That Know Us Too Well, And The Hope Of Being More Admired By Those That Know Us Less.

A Certain Harmony Should Be Kept Between Actions And Ideas If We Want To Fully Develop The Effects They Can Produce.

Weakness Is More Opposed To Virtue Than Is Vice.