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Our Wisdom Is No Less At Fortune's Mercy Than Our Wealth.

Vices Are Ingredients Of Virtues Just As Poisons Are Ingredients Of Remedies. Prudence Mixes And Tempers Them And Uses Them Effectively Against Life's Ills.

The Sure Way To Be Cheated Is To Think One's Self More Cunning Than Others.

We Are Eager To Believe That Others Are Flawed Because We Are Eager To Believe In What We Wish For.

A Lofty Mind Always Thinks Nobly, It Easily Creates Vivid, Agreeable, And Natural Fancies, Places Them In Their Best Light, Clothes Them With All Appropriate Adornments, Studies Others' Tastes, And Clears Away From Its Own Thoughts All That Is Useless And Disagreeable.