Though Nature Be Ever So Generous, Yet

To Know How To Hide One's Ability Is Great Skill.

Fearlessness Is A More Than Ordinary Strength Of Mind, Which Raises The Soul Above The Troubles, Disorders, And Emotions Which Theprospect Of Great Dangers Are Used To Produce. And By This Inward Strength It Is That Heroes Preserve Themselves In A Calm And Quiet State, And Enjoy A Presence Of Mind And The Free Use Of Their Reason In The Midst Of Those Terrible Accidents That Amaze And Confound Other People.

It Is Almost Always A Fault Of One Who Loves Not To Realize When He Ceases To Be Loved.

Hypocrisy Is An Homage That Vice Renders To Virtue.

In Great Affairs We Ought To Apply Ourselves Less To Creating Chances Than To Profiting From Those That Offer.