All Our Qualities, Whether Good

We Never Desire Strongly, What We Desire Rationally.

When Fortune Surprises Us By Giving Us Some Great Office Without Having Gradually Led Us To Expect It, Or Without Having Raised Our Hopes, It Is Well Nigh Impossible To Occupy It Well, And To Appear Worthy To Fill It.

Virtues Lose Themselves In Self-interest, As Rivers In The Sea.

It Is Sometimes Necessary To Play The Fool To Avoid Being Deceived By Cunning Men.

We Are Always Bored By The Very People By Whom It Is Vital Not To Be Bored.