Being A Blockhead Is Sometimes The Best

It Is A Great Act Of Cleverness To Be Able To Conceal One's Being Clever.

We Have Not Enough Strength To Follow All Our Reason.

Gratitude Is Like The Good Faith Of Traders: It Maintains Commerce, And We Often Pay, Not Because It Is Just To Discharge Our Debts, But That We May More Readily Find People To Trust Us.

Silence Is The Best Security To The Man Who Distrusts Himself.

It Is Not Expedient Or Wise To Examine Our Friends Too Closely; Few Persons Are Raised In Our Esteem By A Close Examination.