It Is Not Always From Valor Or

Prudence And Love Are Inconsistent; In Proportion As The Last Increases, The Other Decreases.

It's The Height Of Folly To Want To Be The Only Wise One.

A Clever Man Should Handle His Interests So That Each Will Fall In Suitable Order Of Their Value.

We Are Never So Happy, Nor So Unhappy, As We Suppose Ourselves To Be.

Everyone Agrees That A Secret Should Be Kept Intact, But Everyone Does Not Agree As To The Nature And Importance Of Secrecy. Too Often We Consult Ourselves As To What We Should Say, What We Should Leave Unsaid. There Are Few Permanent Secrets, And The Scruple Against Revealing Them Will Not Last Forever.