Many People Despise Wealth, But Few Know

Self-love Is The Love Of A Man's Own Self, And Of Everything Else For His Own Sake. It Makes People Idolaters To Themselves, And Tyrants To All The World Besides.

A Readiness To Believe Ill Of Others, Before We Have Duly Examined It, Is The Effect Of Laziness And Pride. We Are Eager To Find Aculprit, And Loath To Give Ourselves The Trouble Of Examining The Crime.

A Man May Be Sharper Than Another, But Not Than All Others.

Decency Is The Least Of All Laws, But Yet It Is The Law Which Is Most Strictly Observed.

Friendship Is A Traffic Wherein Self-love Always Proposes To Be The Gainer.