Often We Are Firm From Weakness, And

A Man's Wits Are Better Employed In Bearing Up Under The Misfortunes That Lie Upon Him At Present Than In Foreseeing Those That May Come Upon Him Hereafter.

We Are Nearer Loving Those Who Hate Us Than Those Who Love Us More Than We Wish.

It Is Far Better To Be Deceived Than Undeceived By Those Whom We Tenderly Love.

What Renders Us So Changeable In Our Friendship Is, That It Is Difficult To Know The Qualities Of The Soul, But Easy To Know Those Of The Mind.

Most People Know No Other Way Of Judging Men's Worth But By The Vogue They Are In, Or The Fortunes They Have Met With.