We Are Almost Always Wearied

To Praise Princes For Virtues They Do Not Possess Is To Insult Them Without Fear Of Consequences.

Idleness And Fear Keeps Us In The Path Of Duty, But Our Virtue Often Gets The Praise.

It Is Given To Few Persons To Keep This Secret Well. Those Who Lay Down Rules Too Often Break Them, And The Safest We Are Able To Give Is To Listen Much, To Speak Little, And To Say Nothing That That Will Ever Give Ground Or Regret.

Passions Often Produce Their Contraries: Avarice Sometimes Leads To Prodigality, And Prodigality To Avarice; We Are Often Obstinate Through Weakness And Daring Through Timidity.

Reason Alone Is Insufficient To Make Us Enthusiastic In Any Matter.