Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.
Distressed valor challenges great respect, even from an enemy.
Moral habits, induced by public practices, are far quicker in making their way into men's private lives, than the failings and faults of individuals are in infecting the city at large.
Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
Oh, what a world full of pain we create, for a little taste upon the tongue.
If any man think it a small matter, or of mean concernment, to bridle his tongue, he is much mistaken; for it is a point to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well.