Most People Judge Men By Their Success

Fortune Makes Our Virtues And Vices Visible, Just As Light Does The Objects Of Sight.

Our Actions Are Like The Terminations Of Verses, Which We Rhyme As We Please.

There Are Few Occasions When We Should Make A Bad Bargain By Giving Up The Good On Condition That No Ill Was Said Of Us.

The Generality Of Friends Puts Us Out Of Conceit With Friendship; Just As The Generality Of Religious People Puts Us Out Of Conceit With Religion.

Few Things Are Impossible In Themselves: Application To Make Them Succeed Fails Us More Often Than The Means.