One Believes In What One Wants To

It Is The Natural Disposition Of All Men To Listen With Pleasure To Abuse And Slander Of Their Neighbour, And To Hear With Impatience Those Who Utter Praises Of Themselves.

Great And Unexpected Successes Are Often The Cause Of Foolish Rushing Into Acts Of Extravagance.

Nothing Is So Easy As To Deceive One's Self; For What We Wish, That We Readily Believe; But Such Expectations Are Often Inconsistent With The Real State Of Things.

What We Wish, That We Readily Believe.

Clouds Cannot Cover Secret Places, Nor Denials Conceal Truth.