Vain Hopes Are Like Certain Dreams Of

The Prosperous Can Not Easily Form A Right Idea Of Misery.

The Pretended Admission Of A Fault On Our Part Creates An Excellent Impression.

We Excuse Our Sloth Under The Pretext Of Difficulty.

If You Direct Your Whole Thought To Work Itself, None Of The Things Which Invade Eyes Or Ears Will Reach The Mind.

Although Virtue Receives Some Of Its Excellencies From Nature, Yet It Is Perfected By Education. [lat., Virtus, Etiamsi Quosdam Impetus A Natura Sumit, Tamen Perficienda Doctrina Est.]