If It Requires Great Tact To Speak

We Are Very Far From Always Knowing Our Own Wishes.

Honest People Will Respect Us For Our Merit: The Public, For Our Luck.

There Are Some Who Never Would Have Loved If They Never Had Heard It Spoken Of.

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

We Label Judges With Having The Meanest Motives, And Yet We Desire That Our Reputation And Fame Should Depend Upon The Judgment Of Men, Who Are All, Either From Their Jealousy Or Preoccupation Or Want Of Intelligence, Opposed To Us - And Yet Despite Their Bias, Just For The Sake Of Making These Men Decide In Our Favor, We Peril In So Many Ways Both Our Peace And Our Life.