A Clever Man Reaps Some Benefit From

Το Know How To Profit By Good Advice, Requires Nearly As Much Ability As To Know How To Act For One'self.

Self-interest Makes Some People Blind, And Others Sharp-sighted.

He Who Lives Without Committing Any Folly Is Not So Wise As He Thinks. [fr., Qui Vit Sans Folie N'est Pas Si Sage Qu'il Croit.]

The Health Of The Soul Is As Precarious As That Of The Body; For When We Seem Secure From Passions, We Are No Less In Danger Of Their Infection Than We Are Of Falling Ill When We Appear To Be Well.

What Makes The Pain We Feel From Shame And Jealousy So Cutting Is That Vanity Can Give Us No Assistance In Bearing Them.