To The Generality Of Men You Cannot

As It Often Happens That The Best Men Are But Little Known, And Consequently Cannot Extend The Usefulness Of Their Examples A Great Way, The Biographer Is Of Great Utility, As, By Communicating Such Valuable Patterns To The World, He May Perhaps Do A More Extensive Service To Mankind Than The Person Whose Life Originally Afforded The Pattern.

There Is Scarcely Any Man, How Much Soever He May Despise The Character Of A Flatterer, But Will Condescend In The Meanest Manner To Flatter Himself.

Human Life Very Much Resembles A Game Of Chess: For, As In The Latter, While A Gamester Is Too Attentive To Secure Himself Very Strongly On One Side Of The Board, He Is Apt To Leave An Unguarded Opening On The Other, So Doth It Often Happen In Life.

It Is Admirably Remarked, By A Most Excellent Writer, That Zeal Can No More Hurry A Man To Act In Direct Opposition To Itself Than A Rapid Stream Can Carry A Boat Against Its Own Current.

It Is Not Enough That Your Designs, Nay That Your Actions, Are Intrinsically Good, You Must Take Care They Shall Appear So.