The Passions Often Engender Their Contraries.

Few Things Are Impracticable In Themselves; And It Is For Want Of Application, Rather Than Of Means, That Men Fail To Succeed.

We Have Not Enough Strength To Follow All Our Reason.

Passions Often Produce Their Contraries: Avarice Sometimes Leads To Prodigality, And Prodigality To Avarice; We Are Often Obstinate Through Weakness And Daring Through Timidity.

Sometimes, Occasions Occur In Life Which Demand You To Be A Little Foolish In Order To Skillfully Extricate Yourself.

Moderation Resembles Temperance. We Are Not So Unwilling To Eat More, As Afraid Of Doing Ourselves Harm By It.