Often we are firm from weakness, and audacious from timidity.
If we did not have pride, we would not complain of it in others.
Cunning and treachery are the offspring of incapacity.
It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones.
In misfortune we often mistake dejection for constancy; we bear it without daring to look on it; like cowards, who suffer themselves to be murdered without resistance.