Gratitude Is Merely The Secret Hope Of

The Qualities We Have Do Not Make Us So Ridiculous As Those Which We Affect To Have. [fr., On N'est Jamais Si Ridicule Par Les Qualites Que L'on A Que Par Celles Que L'on Affecte D'avoir.]

What Renders Other People's Vanity Insufferable Is That It Wounds Our Own.

It Is Far Better To Be Deceived Than Undeceived By Those Whom We Tenderly Love.

Nothing Is Given So Profusely As Advice.

We Judge So Superficially Of Things, That Common Words And Actions Spoke And Done In An Agreeable Manner, With Some Knowledge Of What Passes In The World, Often Succeed Beyond The Greatest Ability.