“It is our nature to be more moved by hope than fear.”

“Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.”

“The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.”

“As it is our nature to be more moved by hope than fear the example of one we see abundantly rewarded cheers and encourages us far more than the sight of many who have not been well treated disquie...”

“Ambassadors are the eye and ear of states.”

“To relinquish a present good through apprehension of a future evil is in most instances unwise ... from a fear which may afterwards turn out groundless you lost the good that lay within your grasp.”

“No one want to be an imitation of another”

“There is only one thing which is generally safe from plagiarism -- self-denial.”

“An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate.”