No Tyrant Need Fear Till Men Begin

All Flatterers Are Mercenary, And All Low-minded Men Are Flatterers.

We Ought To Be Able To Persuade On Opposite Sides Of A Question; As Also We Ought In The Case Of Arguing By Syllogism: Not That We Should Practice Both, For It Is Not Right To Persuade To What Is Bad; But In Order That The Bearing Of The Case May Not Escape Us, And That When Another Makes An Unfair Use Of These Reasonings, We May Be Able To Solve Them.

This Much Then, Is Clear: In All Our Conduct It Is The Mean That Is To Be Commended.

Humor Is The Only Test Of Gravity, And Gravity Of Humor; For A Subject Which Will Not Bear Raillery Is Suspicious, And A Jest Which Will Not Bear Serious Examination Is False Wit.

Happiness Comes From Theperfect Practice Of Virtue.