Preserving Health By Too Severe A Rule

We Often Do Shallow Good In Order To Accomplish Evil With Impunity.

Moderation Is A Fear Of Falling Into That Envy And Contempt Which Those Who Grow Giddy With Their Good Fortune Quite Justly Draw Upon Themselves. It Is A Vain Boasting Of The Greatness Of Our Mind.

The World More Often Rewards The Appearances Of Merit Than Merit Itself.

We Easily Forget Our Faults When No One Knows Them But Ourselves.

What Keeps Us From Abandoning Ourselves Entirely To One Vice, Often, Is The Fact That We Have Several.