If One Acts Rightly And Honestly, It

We Are Eager To Believe That Others Are Flawed Because We Are Eager To Believe In What We Wish For.

The Ambitious Deceive Themselves In Proposing An End To Their Ambition; That End, When Attained, Becomes A Means.

There Are Certain Defects Which, Well-mounted, Glitter Like Virtue Itself.

Happiness Does Not Consist In Things Themselves But In The Relish We Have Of Them; And A Man Has Attained It When He Enjoys What He Loves And Desires Himself, And Not What Other People Think Lovely And Desirable.

The Moderation Of People In Prosperity Is The Effect Of A Smooth And Composed Temper, Owing To The Calm Of Their Good Fortune.