It Is A Wearisome Disease To Preserve

The Cunningest Dissimulation Is When A Man Pretends To Be Caught In The Traps Others Set For Him; And A Man Is Never So Easily Over-reached As When He Is Contriving To Over-reach Others.

We Are Better Pleased To See Those On Whom We Confer Benefits Than Those From Whom We Receive Them.

Our Desires Always Disappoint Us; For Though We Meet With Something That Gives Us Satisfaction, Yet It Never Thoroughly Answers Our Expectation. [however Disappointment Can Always Be Removed If We Remember It Could Have Turned Out Worse.]

If We Have Not Peace Within Ourselves, It Is In Vain To Seek It From Outward Sources.

In Love Deceit Almost Always Outstrips Distrust.