Only Great Men Have Great Faults.

Penetration Has An Air Of Divination; It Pleases Our Vanity More Than Any Other Quality Of The Mind.

The Dullness Of Certain People Is Sometimes A Sufficient Security Against The Attack Of An Artful Man.

The Duration Of Our Passions Is No More Dependent On Ourselves Than The Duration Of Our Lives.

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.

How Can We Expect Another To Keep Our Secret If We Have Been Unable To Keep It Ourselves?