We Should Aim Rather At

Nowadays, For The Sake Of The Advantage Which Is To Be Gained From The Public Revenues And From Office, Men Want To Be Always In Office.

We Are Masters Of Our Actions From The Beginning Up To The Very End. But, In The Case Of Our Habits, We Are Only Masters Of Their Commencement - Each Particular Little Increase Being As Imperceptible As In The Case Of Bodily Infirmities. But Yet Our Habits Are Voluntary, In That It Was Once In Our Power To Adopt Or Not To Adopt Such Or Such A Course Of Conduct.

Obstinate People Can Be Divided Into The Opinionated, The Ignorant, And The Boorish.

So The Good Has Been Well Explained As That At Which All Things Aim.

The Character Which Results From Wealth Is That Of A Prosperous Fool.