Magnanimity Is Sufficiently Defined By Its Name,

The Violence Done Us By Others Is Often Less Painful Than That Which We Do To Ourselves.

Absence Cools Moderate Passions, And Inflames Violent Ones; Just As The Wind Blows Out Candles, But Kindles Fires.

No Matter How Much Care We Put Into Hiding Our Passions Under The Appearances Of Devotion And Honor, They Can Always Be Seen To Peer Out Through These Covers.

Our Hopes, Often Though They Deceive Us, Lead Us Pleasantly Along The Path Of Life.

Wit Sometimes Enables Us To Act Rudely With Impunity.