A Weak Mind Is The Only Defect

It Is More Often From Pride Than From Defective Understanding That People Oppose Established Opinions: They Find The Best Places Taken In The Good Party And Are Reluctant To Accept Inferior Ones.

The Name And Pretense Of Virtue Is As Serviceable To Self-interest As Are Real Vices.

A True Friend Is The Most Precious Of All Possessions And The One We Take The Least Thought About Acquiring.

Some Crimes Get Honor And Renown By Being Committed With More Pomp, By A Greater Number, And In A Higher Degree Of Wickedness Thanothers. Hence It Is That Public Robberies, Plunderings, And Sackings Have Been Looked Upon As Excellencies And Noble Achievements, And The Seizing Of Whole Countries, However Unjustly And Barbarously, Is Dignified With The Glorious Name Of Gaining Conquests.

Before We Passionately Desire A Thing, We Should Examine The Happiness Of Its Possessor.