A Man Cannot Please Long Who Has

Whatever Ignominy Or Disgrace We Have Incurred, It Is Almost Always In Our Power To Reestablish Our Reputation.

The Greatest Fault Of A Penetrating Wit Is To Go Beyond The Mark.

What Renders Other People's Vanity Insufferable Is That It Wounds Our Own.

We Like To Read Others But We Do Not Like To Be Read.

What Makes The Pain We Feel From Shame And Jealousy So Cutting Is That Vanity Can Give Us No Assistance In Bearing Them.