To Be A Great Man It Is

Cunning And Treachery Are The Offspring Of Incapacity.

Our Merit Gains Us The Esteem Of The Virtuous-our Star That Of The Public.

The Heat Of Youth Is Not More Opposed To Safety Than The Coldness Of Age.

The Distempers Of The Soul Have Their Relapses, As Many And As Dangerous As Those Of The Body; And What We Take For A Perfect Cureis Generally Either An Abatement Of The Same Disease Or The Changing Of That For Another.

We Often In Our Misfortunes Take That For Constancy And Patience Which Is Only Dejection Of Mind; We Suffer Without Daring To Holdup Our Heads, Just As Cowards Let Themselves Be Knocked On The Head Because They Have Not Courage To Strike Back.