To Relinquish A Present Good Through Apprehension

Even Though Many People Prove To Be Ungrateful, Do Not Let That Stop You From Benefiting Others-for Not Only Is Beneficence In Itself A Noble And Almost Divine Quality, It May Also Happen That While You Practice It, You Will Encounter Someone So Grateful That He Will Make Up For All The Others' Ingratitude.

Experience Has Always Shown, And Reason Also, That Affairs Which Depend On Many Seldom Succeed.

To Relinquish A Present Good Through Apprehension Of A Future Evil Is In Most Instances Unwise ... From A Fear Which May Afterwards Turn Out Groundless, You Lost The Good That Lay Within Your Grasp.

There Is No Evil In Human Affairs That Has Not Some Good Mingled With It. [it., Non E Male Alcuno Nelle Cose Umane Che Non Abbia Congiunto Seco Qualche Bene.]

As It Is Our Nature To Be More Moved By Hope Than Fear, The Example Of One We See Abundantly Rewarded Cheers And Encourages Us Far More Than The Sight Of Many Who Have Not Been Well Treated Disquiets Us.