Let the character as it began be preserved to the last; and let it be consistent with itself.

Whatever things injure your eye you are anxious to remove; but things which affect your mind you defer.

All men do not, in fine, admire or love the same thing.

He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful with that which is agreeable.

Your property is in danger when your neighbour's house is on fire.

Those unacquainted with the world take pleasure in intimacy with great men; those who are wiser fear the consequences.

Be prepared to go mad with fixed rule and method.