Love, Like Fire, Cannot Subsist

Great Men Should Not Have Great Faults.

It Is A Mighty Error To Suppose That None But Violent And Strong Passions, Such As Love And Ambition, Are Able To Vanquish The Rest. Even Idleness, As Feeble And Languishing As It Is, Sometimes Reigns Over Them; It Usurps The Throne And Sits Paramount Over All The Designs And Actions Of Our Lives, And Imperceptibly Wastes And Destroys All Our Passions And All Our Virtues.

We Love Much Better Those Who Endeavor To Imitate Us, Than Those Who Strive To Equal Us. For Imitation Is A Sign Of Esteem, But Competition Of Envy.

When Our Vices Leave Us, We Like To Imagine It Is We Who Are Leaving Them.

He Is A Truly Virtuous Man Who Wishes Always To Be Open To The Observation Of Honest Men.