Fortune Converts Everything To The Advantage Of

One Is Never As Happy Or As Unhappy As One Thinks.

Our Merit Gains Us The Esteem Of The Virtuous-our Star That Of The Public.

Nature Has Concealed At The Bottom Of Our Minds Talents And Abilities Of Which We Are Not Aware.

Flattery Is A Counterfeit Money Which, But For Vanity, Would Have No Circulation.

Usually We Praise Only To Be Praised.