The Ambitious Deceive Themselves In Proposing An

The Height Of Cleverness Is To Be Able To Conceal It.

Politeness Of Mind Consists In Thinking Chaste And Refined Thoughts.

Our Desires Always Disappoint Us; For Though We Meet With Something That Gives Us Satisfaction, Yet It Never Thoroughly Answers Our Expectation. [however Disappointment Can Always Be Removed If We Remember It Could Have Turned Out Worse.]

There Are Two Things Which Man Cannot Look At Directly Without Flinching: The Sun And Death.

Perfect Valor Is To Do, Without A Witness, All That We Could Do Before The Whole World.