It Is Not Always For Virtue's Sake

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.

Numberless Arts Appear Foolish Whose Secret Motives Are Most Wise And Weighty.

The Wind Which Snuffs The Candle Fans The Fire.

We Easily Forget Our Faults When No One Knows Them But Ourselves.

The Accent Of One's Birthplace Remains In The Mind And In The Heart As In One's Speech.