The Desire To Be Thought Clever Often

Being A Blockhead Is Sometimes The Best Security Against Being Cheated By A Man Of Wit.

Gravity Is A Mysterious Carriage Of The Body Invented To Cover The Defects Of The Mind.

Only Strong Natures Can Really Be Sweet Ones; Those That Seem Sweet Are In General Only Weak, And May Easily Turn Sour.

A Man Convinced Of His Own Merit Will Accept Misfortune As An Honor, For Thus Can He Persuade Others, As Well As Himself, That He Is A Worthy Target For The Arrows Of Fate.

A Well-trained Mind Has Less Difficulty In Submitting To Than In Guiding An Ill-trained Mind.