Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.
Quintilian
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
opportunity
rules gifts
The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
rights
Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.
fortune
We give to necessity the praise of virtue.
virtues necessity
Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.
vices ambition virtues
A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
virtues
The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
faults
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