It Is Often Laziness And Timidity That

The Most Effectual Way To Be Deceived Is To Believe Oneself More Cunning Than One's Neighbors.

The Most Ingenious Men Continually Pretend To Condemn Tricking--but This Is Often Done That They May Use It More Conveniently Themselves, When Some Great Occasion Or Interest Offers Itself To Them.

It Is Only Persons Of Firmness That Can Have Real Gentleness. Those Who Appear Gentle Are, In General, Only A Weak Character, Which Easily Changes Into Asperity.

The Esteem Of Good Men Is The Reward Of Our Worth, But The Reputation Of The World In General Is The Gift Of Our Fate.

It Is A Wearisome Disease To Preserve Health By Too Strict A Regimen.