When We Are Sick Our Virtues And

Men Sometimes Feel Injured By Praise Because It Assigns A Limit To Their Merit; Few People Are Modest Enough Not To Take Offense That One Appreciates Them.

We Should Expect The Best And The Worst From Mankind As From The Weather.

It Is Sometimes Easier To Form A Party Than To Attain By Degrees The Head Of A Party Already Formed.

Learn To Overrule Minor Interest In Favor Of Great Ones, And Generously To Do All The Good The Heart Prompts; A Man Is Never Injured By Acting Virtuously.

When We Are Convinced Of Some Great Truths, And Feel Our Convictions Keenly, We Must Not Fear To Express It, Although Others Have Said It Before Us. Every Thought Is New When An Author Expresses It In A Manner Peculiar To Himself.