Virtue Would Not Make Such Advances If

Our Virtues Are Often, In Reality, No Better Than Vices Disguised.

Moderation Is Represented As A Virtue In Order To Restrain The Ambition Of Great Men, And To Console Those Of A Meaner Condition In Their Lesser Merit And Fortune.

It Is Almost Always A Fault Of One Who Loves Not To Realize When He Ceases To Be Loved.

Lovers, When They Are No Longer In Love, Find It Very Hard To Break Up.

Passion Often Renders The Most Clever Man A Fool, And Sometimes Renders The Most Foolish Man Clever.