Great Men Should Not Have Great Faults.

The Measure Of Great Men Should Always Be Measured By The Means They Have Used To Acquire It.

Ideas Often Flash Across Our Minds More Complete Than We Could Make Them After Much Labor.

However Evil Men May Be They Dare Not Be Openly Hostile To Virtue, And So When They Want To Attack It They Pretend To Find It Spurious , Or Impute Crimes To It.

The Desire Which Urges Us To Deserve Praise Strengthens Our Good Qualities, And Praise Given To Wit, Valour, And Beauty, Tends To Increase Them.

Men Give Away Nothing So Liberally As Their Advice.