He Who Would Govern His

Nothing Is More Common Than For Men To Make Partial And Absurd Distinctions Between Vices Of Equal Enormity, And To Observe Some Of The Divine Commands With Great Scrupulousness, While They Violate Others, Equally Important, Without Any Concern, Or The Least Apparent Conciousness Of Guilt. Alas, It Is Only Wisdom Which Perceives This Tragedy.

Curiosity Is, In Great And Generous Minds, The First Passion And The Last.

All Envy Would Be Extinguished, If It Were Universally Known That There Are None To Be Envied.

Prudence Is An Attitude That Keeps Life Safe, But Does Not Often Make It Happy.

It Was Said Of Euripides, That Every Verse Was A Precept; And It May Be Said Of Shakespeare, That From His Works May Be Collected A System Of Civil And Economical Prudence.