We Are Dismayed When We Find That

The Greatest Evil That Fortune Can Bring To Men Is To Endow Them With Feeble Resources And Yet To Make Them Ambitious.

The Maxims Of Men Reveal Their Characters.

Men Sometimes Feel Injured By Praise Because It Assigns A Limit To Their Merit; Few People Are Modest Enough Not To Take Offense That One Appreciates Them.

Prosperity Makes Some Friends And Many Enemies.

When We Are Convinced Of Some Great Truths, And Feel Our Convictions Keenly, We Must Not Fear To Express It, Although Others Have Said It Before Us. Every Thought Is New When An Author Expresses It In A Manner Peculiar To Himself.