Virtue Is To The Soul What Health

There Are Two Things Which Man Cannot Look At Directly Without Flinching: The Sun And Death.

Hope And Fear Are Inseparable.

Too Great Refinement Is False Delicacy, And True Delicacy Is Solid Refinement.

Moderation Is A Fear Of Falling Into That Envy And Contempt Which Those Who Grow Giddy With Their Good Fortune Quite Justly Draw Upon Themselves. It Is A Vain Boasting Of The Greatness Of Our Mind.

It Is The Habit Of Mediocre Minds To Condemn All That Is Beyond Their Grasp.