Love Often Leads On To Ambition, But

There Are Certain People Fated To Be Fools; They Not Only Commit Follies By Choice, But Are Even Constrained To Do So By Fortune.

Nature Creates Ability; Luck Provides It With Opportunity.

It Is Difficult To Like Those Whom We Do Not Esteem; But It Is No Less So To Like Those Whom We Esteem More Than Ourselves.

Self-love, As It Happens To Be Well Or Ill Conducted, Constitutes Virtue And Vice.

The Height Of Ability Consists In A Thorough Knowledge Of The Real Value Of Things, And Of The Genius Of The Age In Which We Live.