Learning Is Its Own Exceeding Great Reward.

Conceit Is Vanity Driven From All Other Shifts, And Forced To Appeal To Itself For Admiration.

True Friendship Is Self-love At Second Hand; Where, As In A Flattering Mirror We May See Our Virtues Magnified And Our Errors Softened, And Where We May Fancy Our Opinion Of Ourselves Confirmed By An Impartial And Faithful Witness.

Let A Man's Talents Or Virtues Be What They May, He Will Only Feel Satisfaction In His Society As He Is Satisfied In Himself.

An Accomplished Coquette Excites The Passions Of Others, In Proportion As She Feels None Herself.

Malice Often Takes The Garb Of Truth.