A Respectable Man May Love Madly, But

The Good Or The Bad Fortune Of Men Depends Not Less Upon Their Own Dispositions Than Upon Fortune.

It Is More Often From Pride Than From Ignorance That We Are So Obstinately Opposed To Current Opinions; We Find The First Places Taken, And We Do Not Want To Be The Last.

Fortune Mends More Faults In Us Than Ever Reason Would Be Able To Do.

To Establish Yourself In The World A Person Must Do All They Can To Appear Already Established.

What Makes False Reckoning, As Regards Gratitude, Is That The Pride Of The Giver And The Receiver Cannot Agree As To The Value Of The Benefit.