The Desire To Be Thought Clever Often

Our Hopes, Often Though They Deceive Us, Lead Us Pleasantly Along The Path Of Life.

Before We Set Our Hearts Too Much Upon Anything, Let Us Examine How Happy They Are, Who Already Possess It.

Narrow Minds Think Nothing Right That Is Above Their Own Capacity.

Absence Cools Moderate Passions, And Inflames Violent Ones; Just As The Wind Blows Out Candles, But Kindles Fires.

Novelty Is To Love Like Bloom To Fruit; It Gives A Luster Which Is Easily Effaced, But Never Returns.