We Should Desire Very Few Things Passionately

Without Humility, We Keep All Our Defects; And They Are Only Crusted Over By Pride, Which Conceals Them From Others, And Often From Ourselves.

We Love Much Better Those Who Endeavor To Imitate Us, Than Those Who Strive To Equal Us. For Imitation Is A Sign Of Esteem, But Competition Of Envy.

To Eat Is A Necessity, But To Eat Intelligently Is An Art.

True Love Is Like Ghosts, Which Everyone Talks About And Few Have Seen.

Absence Diminishes Mediocre Passions And Increases Great Ones, As The Wind Extinguishes Candles And Fans Fires.