All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.