Opportunity Makes Us Known To Others, But

The Hate Of Favourites Is Only A Love Of Favour. The Envy Of Not Possessing It, Consoles And Softens Its Regrets By The Contempt It Evinces For Those Who Possess It, And We Refuse Them Our Homage, Not Being Able To Detract From Them What Attracts That Of The Rest Of The World.

Constancy In Love ... Is Only Inconstancy Confined To One Object.

Self-interest Makes Some People Blind, And Others Sharp-sighted.

The Simplest Man With Passion Will Be More Persuasive Than The Most Eloquent Without.

To Establish Yourself In The World A Person Must Do All They Can To Appear Already Established.