It Is Not From Nature, But From

To The Generality Of Men You Cannot Give A Stronger Hint For Them To Impose Upon You Than By Imposing Upon Yourself.

Wit, Like Hunger, Will Be With Great Difficulty Restrained From Falling On Vice And Ignorance, Where There Is Great Plenty And Variety Of Food.

Worth Begets In Base Minds, Envy; In Great Souls, Emulation.

Prudence Is A Duty Which We Owe Ourselves, And If We Will Be So Much Our Own Enemies As To Neglect It, We Are Not To Wonder If The World Is Deficient In Discharging Their Duty To Us; For When A Man Lays The Foundation Of His Own Ruin, Others Too Often Are Apt To Build Upon It.

We Endeavor To Conceal Our Vices Under The Disguise Of The Opposite Virtues.