Ambassadors Are The Eye And Ear Of

To Relinquish A Present Good Through Apprehension Of A Future Evil Is In Most Instances Unwise ... From A Fear Which May Afterwards Turn Out Groundless, You Lost The Good That Lay Within Your Grasp.

If You Attempt Certain Things At The Right Time, They Are Easy To Accomplish - In Fact, They Almost Get Done By Themselves. If You Undertake Them Before The Time Is Right, Not Only Will They Fail, But They Will Often Become Impossible To Accomplish Even When The Time Would Have Been Right.

There Is No Evil In Human Affairs That Has Not Some Good Mingled With It. [it., Non E Male Alcuno Nelle Cose Umane Che Non Abbia Congiunto Seco Qualche Bene.]

Be Careful How You Do One Man A Pleasure Which Must Needs Occasion Equal Displeasure In Another. For He Who Is Thus Slighted Will Not Forget, But Will Think The Offence To Himself The Greater In That Another Profits By It; While He Who Receives The Pleasure Will Either Not Remember It, Or Will Consider The Favour Done Him Less Than It Really Was.

The Return We Reap From Generous Actions Is Not Always Evident.