...be More Guided By Hope Than Fear.

Even Though Many People Prove To Be Ungrateful, Do Not Let That Stop You From Benefiting Others-for Not Only Is Beneficence In Itself A Noble And Almost Divine Quality, It May Also Happen That While You Practice It, You Will Encounter Someone So Grateful That He Will Make Up For All The Others' Ingratitude.

Conspiracies, Since They Cannot Be Engaged In Without The Fellowship Of Others, Are For That Reason Most Perilous; For As Most Men Are Either Fools Or Knaves, We Run Excessive Risk In Making Such Folk Our Companions.

If You Attempt Certain Things At The Right Time, They Are Easy To Accomplish - In Fact, They Almost Get Done By Themselves. If You Undertake Them Before The Time Is Right, Not Only Will They Fail, But They Will Often Become Impossible To Accomplish Even When The Time Would Have Been Right.

He Who Imitates What Is Evil Always Goes Beyond The Example That Is Set; On The Contrary, He Who Imitates What Is Good Always Falls Short.

Like Other Men, I Have Sought Honours And Preferment, And Often Have Obtained Them Beyond My Wishes Or Hopes. Yet Never Have I Found In Them That Content Which I Had Figured Beforehand In My Mind. A Strong Reason, If We Well Consider It, Why We Should Disencumber Ourselves Of Vain Desires.