Men Sometimes Think They Hate Flattery, But

The Violence Done Us By Others Is Often Less Painful Than That Which We Do To Ourselves.

The Grace Of Novelty And The Length Of Habit, Though So Very Opposite To One Another, Yet Agree In This, That They Both Alike Keepus From Discovering The Faults Of Our Friends.

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

We Torment Ourselves Rather To Make It Appear That We Are Happy Than To Become So.

It Is With Certain Good Qualities As With The Senses; Those Who Have Them Not Can Neither Appreciate Nor Comprehend Them In Others.