A Resolution Never To Deceive Exposes A

A Readiness To Believe Ill Of Others, Before We Have Duly Examined It, Is The Effect Of Laziness And Pride. We Are Eager To Find Aculprit, And Loath To Give Ourselves The Trouble Of Examining The Crime.

People Would Not Long Remain In Social Life If They Were Not The Dupes Of Each Other.

It Is A Common Fault Never To Be Satisfied With Our Fortune, Nor Dissatisfied With Our Understanding.

Gravity Is A Mysterious Carriage Of The Body Invented To Cover The Defects Of The Mind.

We Have No Patience With Other People's Vanity Because It Is Offensive To Our Own.