The Desire Of Appearing Clever Often Prevents

Taste May Change, But Inclination Never.

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

If We Did Not Have Pride, We Would Not Complain Of It In Others.

To Understand Matters Rightly We Should Understand Their Details; And As That Knowledge Is Almost Infinite, Our Knowledge Is Always Superficial And Imperfect.

For Envy, Like Lightning, Generally Strikes At The Top Or Any Point Which Sticks Out From The Ordinary Level. Lucretius, De Rerum Natura Our Envy Always Outlives The Felicity Of Its Object.