We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.
The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
A liar should have a good memory.
That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.
For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor.