When The Heart Is Still Disturbed By

The Happiness And Unhappiness Of Men Depends As Much On Their Ethics As On Fortune.

There Is Merit Without Rank, But There Is No Rank Without Some Merit.

Moderation Is Represented As A Virtue In Order To Restrain The Ambition Of Great Men, And To Console Those Of A Meaner Condition In Their Lesser Merit And Fortune.

Passions Often Produce Their Contraries: Avarice Sometimes Leads To Prodigality, And Prodigality To Avarice; We Are Often Obstinate Through Weakness And Daring Through Timidity.

We Should Often Blush At Our Noblest Deeds If The World Were To See All Their Underlying Motives.