The Heat Of Youth Is Not More

Before We Passionately Desire A Thing, We Should Examine The Happiness Of Its Possessor.

We Cannot Possibly Imagine The Variety Of Contradictions In Every Heart.

The Intention Of Cheating No One Lays Us Open To Being Cheated Ourselves.

Our Actions Seem To Have Their Lucky And Unlucky Stars, To Which A Great Part Of That Blame And That Commendation Is Due Which Is Given To The Actions Themselves.

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.