It Is Great Folly To Wish To

We Often Select Envenomed Praise Which, By A Reaction Upon Those We Praise, Shows Faults We Could Not Have Shown By Other Means.

It Is As Easy To Deceive One's Self Without Perceiving It, As It Is Difficult To Deceive Others Without Their Finding Out.

Wit Sometimes Enables Us To Act Rudely With Impunity.

Confidence In Conversation Has A Greater Share Than Wit.

Our Hopes, Often Though They Deceive Us, Lead Us Pleasantly Along The Path Of Life.