A Wise Man Will Live As Much

Our Own Self-love Draws A Thick Veil Between Us And Our Faults.

When One Is At Play, One Should Not Think Of One's Learning.

A Man Must Have A Good Share Of Wit Himself To Endure A Great Share In Another.

The Talent Of Insinuation Is More Useful Than That Of Persuasion, As Everybody Is Open To Insinuation, But Scarce Any To Persuasion.

Women Who Are Either Indisputably Beautiful, Or Indisputably Ugly, Are Best Flattered Upon The Score Of Their Understandings; But Those Who Are In A State Of Mediocrity Are Best Flattered Upon Their Beauty, Or At Least Their Graces; For Every Woman Who Is Not Absolutely Ugly Thinks Herself Handsome.