Men Sometimes Think They Hate Flattery, But

We Often Are Consoled By Our Want Of Reason For Misfortunes That Reason Could Not Have Comforted.

It Is As Common For Tastes To Change As It Is Uncommon For Traits Of Character.

Timidity Is A Fault For Which It Is Dangerous To Reprove Persons Whom We Wish To Correct Of It.

Absence Diminishes Mediocre Passions And Increases Great Ones, As The Wind Extinguishes Candles And Fans Fires.

The Gratitude Of Most Men Is But A Secret Desire Of Receiving Greater Benefits.