Virtue Would Go Far If

The Vivacity That Augments With Years Is Not Far From Folly.

When We Seek Reconciliation With Our Enemies, It Is Commonly Out Of A Desire To Better Our Own Condition, A Being Harassed And Tired Out With A State Of War, And A Fear Of Some Ill Accident Which We Are Willing To Prevent.

The Aversion To Lying Is Often A Hidden Ambition To Render Our Words Credible And Weighty, And To Attach A Religious Aspect To Our Conversation.

It Is The Habit Of Mediocre Minds To Condemn All That Is Beyond Their Grasp.

However We May Conceal Our Passions Under The Veil ... There Is Always Some Place Where They Peep Out.