The Maxims Of Men Reveal Their Characters.

Vice Foments War; It Is Virtue Which Actually Fights. If There Were No Virtue, We Would Live In Peace Forever.

It Is Easier To Say New Things Than To Reconcile Those Which Have Already Been Said.

The Counsels Of The Old, Like The Winter Sun, Shine, But Give No Heat.

Mediocre Men Sometimes Fear Great Office, And When They Do Not Aim At It, Or When They Refuse It, All That Is To Be Concluded Is That They Are Aware Of Their Mediocrity.

We Often Quarrel With The Unfortunate To Get Rid Of Pitying Them.