Prosperity Makes Few Friends.

It Is No Great Advantage To Possess A Quick Wit, If It Is Not Correct; The Perfection Is Not Speed But Uniformity.

It Is Unjust To Exact That Men Shall Do Out Of Deference To Our Advice What They Have No Desire To Do For Themselves.

We Should Expect The Best And The Worst From Mankind As From The Weather.

Magnanimity Will Not Consider The Prudence Of Its Motives.

Our Opinion Of Others Is Not So Variable As Our Opinion Of Ourselves.