They That Apply Themselves To Trifling Matters

We Should Often Blush At Our Noblest Deeds If The World Were To See All Their Underlying Motives.

That Conduct Often Seems Ridiculous The Secret Reasons Of Which Are Wise And Solid.

The Gratitude Of Most Men Is But A Secret Desire Of Receiving Greater Benefits.

It Is A Wearisome Disease To Preserve Health By Too Strict A Regimen.

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.