Ability Wins Us The Esteem Of The

If We Never Flattered Ourselves We Should Have But Scant Pleasure.

What Makes Us So Often Discontented With Those Who Transact Business For Us Is That They Almost Always Abandon The Interest Of Their Friends For The Interest Of The Business, Because They Wish To Have The Honor Of Succeeding In That Which They Have Undertaken.

There Are People Who In Spite Of Their Merit Disgust Us And Others Who Please Us In Spite Of Their Faults.

Flattery Is False Money, Which Would Not Be Current Were It Not For Our Vanity.

Those Who Occupy Their Minds With Small Matters, Generally Become Incapable Of Greatness.