Envy Is More Incapable Of Reconciliation Than

Gratitude, In Most Men, Is Only A Strong And Secret Hope Of Greater Favors.

Some Allow Themselves To Be Overcome By Panic, And Others Charge Because They Dare Not Remain At Their Posts. Some May Be Found Whose Courage Is Strengthened By Small Perils That Prepare Them To Face Greater Dangers. Some Are Daring When Facing Swords But Dread Facing Bullets; Others Dread Bullets Little But Fear Facing Swords A Lot.

Hope And Fear Are Inseparable.

Virtues Lose Themselves In Self-interest, As Rivers In The Sea.

Old People Are Fond Of Giving Good Advice; It Consoles Them For No Longer Being Capable Of Setting A Bad Example.