Present Sufferings Seem Far Greater To Men

Nothing Stings Us So Bitterly As The Loss Of Money

Fortune Blinds Men When She Does Not Wish Them To Withstand The Violence Of Her Onslaughts.

Adversity Reminds Men Of Religion.

Favor And Honor Sometimes Fall More Fitly On Those Who Do Not Desire Them.

Under The Influence Of Fear, Which Always Leads Men To Take A Pessimistic View Of Things, They Magnified Their Enemies' Resources, And Minimized Their Own.