The Dullness Of Certain People Is Sometimes

Selfishness Is The Grand Moving Principle Of Nine-tenths Of Our Actions.

Our Merit Gains Us The Esteem Of The Virtuous-our Star That Of The Public.

However Glorious An Action In Itself, It Ought Not To Pass For Great If It Be Not The Effect Of Wisdom And Intention.

In Love The Deceit Generally Outstrips The Distrust.

Men Have Written In The Most Convincing Manner To Prove That Death Is No Evil, And This Opinion Has Been Confirmed On A Thousand Celebrated Occasions By The Weakest Of Men As Well As By Heroes. Even So I Doubt Whether Any Sensible Person Has Ever Believed It, And The Trouble Men Take To Convince Others As Well As Themselves That They Do Shows Clearly That It Is No Easy Undertaking.