They That Apply Themselves To Trifling Matters

No Accidents Are So Unlucky [bad] But That The Wise May Draw Some Advantage [good] From Them.

We Never Desire Strongly, What We Desire Rationally.

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.

Humility Is The Worst Form Of Conceit.

He Who Refuses Praise The First Time That It Is Offered Does So Because He Would Hear It A Second Time.