Whilst Weakness And Timidity Keep Us To

Love Of Fame, Fear Of Disgrace, Schemes For Advancement, Desire To Make Life Comfortable And Pleasant, And The Urge To Humiliate Others Are Often At The Root Of The Valour Men Hold In Such High Esteem.

The Greater Part Of Mankind Judge Of Men Only By Their Fashionableness Or Their Fortune.

True Bravery Means Doing Alone That Which One Could Do If All The World Were By.

We Do Not Lack Strength So Much As The Will To Use It; And Very Often Our Imagining That Things Are Impossible Is Nothing But An Excuse Of Our Own Contriving, To Reconcile Ourselves To Our Own Idleness.

Philosophy Easily Triumphs Over Past And Future Ills; But Present Ills Triumph Over Philosophy.