The Mind Cannot Long Play The Heart's

Whilst Weakness And Timidity Keep Us To Our Duty, Virtue Has Often All The Honor.

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.

It Is A Species Of Coquetry To Make A Parade Of Never Practising It.

Behind Many Acts That Are Thought Ridiculous There Lie Wise And Weighty Motives.

Love Of Glory, Fear Of Shame, Greed For Fortune, The Desire To Make Life Agreeable And Comfortable, And The Wish To Depreciate Others - All Of These Are Often The Causes Of The Bravery That Is Spoken So Highly Of By Men.