We Would Rather Speak Ill

To Praise Great Actions Is In Some Sense To Share Them.

A Wise Man Thinks It More Advantageous Not To Join The Battle Than To Win.

What Is Called Liberality Is Often Merely The Vanity Of Giving.

The Sicknesses Of The Soul Have Their Ups And Downs Like Those Of The Body; What We Take To Be A Cure Is Most Often Merely A Respite Or Change Of Disease.

When The Soul Is Ruffled By The Remains Of One Passion, It Is More Disposed To Entertain A New One Than When It Is Entirely Curedand At Rest From All.