A Refusal Of Praise Is

Generally Speaking, We Would Make A Good Bargain By Renouncing All The Good That People Say Of Us, Upon Condition They Would Say No Ill.

There Are Some Faults Which, When Well Managed, Make A Greater Figure Than Virtue Itself.

The Truest Comparison We Can Make Of Love Is To Liken It To A Fever; We Have No More Power Over The One Than The Other, Either As To Its Violence Or Duration.

We Would Rather See Those To Whom We Do Good, Than Those Who Do Good To Us.

Whilst Weakness And Timidity Keep Us To Our Duty, Virtue Has Often All The Honor.