Some Weak People Are So

Men And Things Have Each Their Proper Perspective; To Judge Rightly Of Some It Is Necessary To See Them Near, Of Others We Can Never Judge Rightly But At A Distance.

Few Things Are Impossible In Themselves: Application To Make Them Succeed Fails Us More Often Than The Means.

Moderation Is Represented As A Virtue In Order To Restrain The Ambition Of Great Men, And To Console Those Of A Meaner Condition In Their Lesser Merit And Fortune.

The Evil That We Do Does Not Attract To Us So Much Persecution And Hatred As Our Good Qualities.

Fortune And Humor Govern The World.