Our Probity Is Not Less At The

Our Enemies' Opinion Of Us Comes Closer To The Truth Than Our Own.

It Is Often Merely For An Excuse That We Say Things Are Impossible.

It Is A Mighty Error To Suppose That None But Violent And Strong Passions, Such As Love And Ambition, Are Able To Vanquish The Rest. Even Idleness, As Feeble And Languishing As It Is, Sometimes Reigns Over Them; It Usurps The Throne And Sits Paramount Over All The Designs And Actions Of Our Lives, And Imperceptibly Wastes And Destroys All Our Passions And All Our Virtues.

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

Our Enemies Come Nearer The Truth In The Opinions They Form Of Us Than We Do In Our Opinion Of Ourselves.