Our Envy Always Outlives The Felicity Of

True Eloquence Consists In Saying All That Should Be Said, And That Only.

Only The Contemptible Fear Contempt.

He Who Refuses Praise The First Time That It Is Offered Does So Because He Would Hear It A Second Time.

Extreme Boredom Provides Its Own Antidote.

Moderation Is Caused By The Fear Of Exciting The Envy And Contempt Which Those Merit Who Are Intoxicated With Their Good Fortune; It Is A Vain Display Of Our Strength Of Mind, And In Short The Moderation Of Men At Their Greatest Height Is Only A Desire To Appear Greater Than Their Fortune.