Flattery Is A Counterfeit Money Which, But

The Common Foible Of Women Who Have Been Handsome Is To Forget That They Are No Longer So.

Self-love, As It Happens To Be Well Or Ill Conducted, Constitutes Virtue And Vice.

The Desire To Be Thought Clever Often Prevents A Man From Becoming So.

We Are Not Fond Of Praising, And Never Praise Any One Except From Interested Motives. Praise Is A Clever, Concealed, And Delicate Flattery, Which Gratifies In Different Ways The Giver And The Receiver. The One Takes It As A Recompense Of His Merit, And The Other Bestows It To Display His Equity And Discernment.

There Are But Very Few Men Clever Enough To Know All The Mischief They Do.