The Mind Is Exercised By

That Which Offends The Ear Will Not Easily Gain Admission To The Mind.

Forbidden Pleasures Alone Are Loved Immoderately; When Lawful, They Do Not Excite Desire.

It Seldom Happens That A Premature Shoot Of Genius Ever Arrives At Maturity.

In A Crowd, On A Journey, At A Banquet Even, A Line Of Thought Can Itself Provide Its Own Seclusion.

Although Virtue Receives Some Of Its Excellencies From Nature, Yet It Is Perfected By Education. [lat., Virtus, Etiamsi Quosdam Impetus A Natura Sumit, Tamen Perficienda Doctrina Est.]