Some Counterfeits Reproduce So Very Well The

One Can No More Look Steadily At Death Than At The Sun.

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

The Health Of The Soul Is As Precarious As That Of The Body; For When We Seem Secure From Passions, We Are No Less In Danger Of Their Infection Than We Are Of Falling Ill When We Appear To Be Well.

Idiots And Lunatics See Only Their Own Wit.

When Fortune Surprises Us By Giving Us Some Great Office Without Having Gradually Led Us To Expect It, Or Without Having Raised Our Hopes, It Is Well Nigh Impossible To Occupy It Well, And To Appear Worthy To Fill It.