You May Be Obliged To Wage War,

Little Said Is Soon Amended. There Is Always Time To Add A Word, Never To Withdraw One.

Most Do Violence To Their Natural Aptitude, And Thus Attain Superiority In Nothing.

No One Demands More Caution Than A Spy, And When Someone Has The Skeleton Key To Minds, Counter Him By Leaving The Key Of Caution Inside, On The Other Side Of The Keyhole.

Tis By No Means The Least Of Life's Rules: To Let Things Alone.

A Person Of Your Century: Great Persons Are Of Their Time. Not All Were Born Into A Period Worthy Of Them, And Many So Born Failed To Benefit By It. Some Merited A Better Century, For All That Is Good Does Not Always Triumph. Fashions Have Their Periods And Even The Greatest Virtues, Their Styles. But The Philosopher, Being Ageless, Has One Advantage: Should This Not Prove The Right Century, Many To Follow Will.