Give Help Rather Than Advice.

Despair Puts The Last Touch Not Only To Our Misery But Also To Our Weakness.

The Thought Of Death Deceives Us; For It Causes Us To Neglect To Live.

It Is Proof Of A Narrow Mind When Things Worthy Of Esteem Are Distinguished From Things Worthy Of Love. Great Minds Naturally Love Whatever Is Worthy Of Their Esteem.

Our Virtues Are Dearer To Us The More We Have Had To Suffer For Them. It Is The Same With Our Children. All Profound Affection Admits A Sacrifice.

As Soon As An Opinion Becomes Common It Is Sufficient Reason For Men To Abandon It And To Uphold The Opposite Opinion Until That In Its Turn Grows Old, And They Require To Distinguish Themselves By Other Things. Thus If They Attain Their Goal In Some Art Or Science, We Must Expect Them Soon To Cast It Aside To Acquire Some Fresh Fame, And This Is Partly The Reason Why The Most Splendid Ages Degenerate So Quickly, And, Scarcely Emerged From Barbarism, Plunge Into It Again.