Every Advantage In The Past Is Judged

It Is The Natural Disposition Of All Men To Listen With Pleasure To Abuse And Slander Of Their Neighbour, And To Hear With Impatience Those Who Utter Praises Of Themselves.

To Remind A Man Of The Good Turns You Have Done Him Is Very Much Like A Reproach.

Nothing Is So Easy As To Deceive One's Self; For What We Wish, That We Readily Believe; But Such Expectations Are Often Inconsistent With The Real State Of Things.

By Persistent Labor Man May Attain To All Excellence.

Close Alliances With Despots Are Never Safe For Free States.