An Honor Prudently Declined Often Returns With

No Law Is Sufficiently Convenient To All.

That Business Does Not Prosper Which You Transact With The Eyes Of Others.

Fortune Blinds Men When She Does Not Wish Them To Withstand The Violence Of Her Onslaughts.

Envy Is Blind, And Is Only Clever In Depreciating The Virtues Of Others.

Such Is The Nature Of Crowds: Either They Are Humble And Servile Or Arrogant And Dominating. They Are Incapable Of Making Moderate Use Of Freedom, Which Is The Middle Course, Or Of Keeping It.