Before Strongly Desiring Anything, We Should Look

Why Is It That Our Memory Is Good Enough To Retain The Least Triviality That Happens To Us, And Yet Not Good Enough To Recollect How Often We Have Told It To The Same Person?

Generosity Is The Vanity Of Giving.

We Torment Ourselves Rather To Make It Appear That We Are Happy Than To Become So.

Gallantry Of Mind Consists In Saying Flattering Things In An Agreeable Manner.

Praise Is A More Ingenious, Concealed, And Subtle Kind Of Flattery, That Satisfies Both The Giver And The Receiver, Though By Verydifferent Ways. The One Accepts It As A Reward Due To His Merit; The Other Gives It That He May Be Looked Upon As A Just And Discerning Person.