The Defects Of The Mind, Like Those

It Requires No Small Degree Of Ability To Know When To Conceal One's Ability.

Women's Virtue Is Frequently Nothing But A Regard To Their Own Quiet And A Tenderness For Their Reputation.

Pride Indemnifies Itself And Loses Nothing Even When It Casts Away Vanity.

As It Is The Characteristic Of Great Wits To Say Much In Few Words, So Small Wits Seem To Have The Gift Of Speaking Much And Saying Nothing.

Fortune Makes Our Virtues And Vices Visible, Just As Light Does The Objects Of Sight.