Ridicule Dishonors A Man More Than Dishonor

When We Seek Reconciliation With Our Enemies, It Is Commonly Out Of A Desire To Better Our Own Condition, A Being Harassed And Tired Out With A State Of War, And A Fear Of Some Ill Accident Which We Are Willing To Prevent.

Though Most Of The Friendships Of The World Ill Deserve The Name Of Friendships; Yet A Man May Make Use Of Them On Occasion, As Of A Traffic Whose Returns Are Uncertain, And In Which 'tis Usual To Be Cheated.

Ideas Often Flash Across Our Minds More Complete Than We Could Make Them After Much Labor.

Fortune Never Seems So Blind To Any As To Those On Whom She Bestows No Favors.

Criticism Sometimes Is Really Praise, And Praise Sometimes Slander.