Whether We Call It Sacrifice, Or Poetry,

Speech Is The Representation Of The Mind, And Writing Is The Representation Of Speech.

A Flatterer Is A Friend Who Is Your Inferior, Or Pretends To Be So.

Rhetoric Is Useful Because The True And The Just Are Naturally Superior To Their Opposites, So That, If Decisions Are Improperly Made, They Must Owe Their Defeat To Their Own Advocates; Which Is Reprehensible. Further, In Dealing With Certain Persons, Even If We Possessed The Most Accurate Scientific Knowledge, We Should Not Find It Easy To Persuade Them By The Employment Of Such Knowledge. For Scientific Discourse Is Concerned With Instruction, But In The Case Of Such Persons Instruction Is Impossible.

He Who Confers A Benefit On Anyone Loves Him Better Than He Is Beloved.

The Excellence Of A Thing Is Related To Its Proper Function.