Old Age Is A Tyrant, Who Forbids,

It Is Much Better To Learn To Deal With The Ills We Have Now Than To Speculate On Those That May Befall Us.

Avarice Is More Directly Opposed To Thrift Than Generosity Is.

Perfect Courage Is To Do Without Witnesses What One Would Be Capable Of Doing With The World Looking On.

Our Virtues Are Often, In Reality, No Better Than Vices Disguised.

If Vanity Does Not Entirely Overthrow The Virtues, At Least It Makes Them All Totter.