The Passions Often Engender Their Contraries.

Loyalty Is In Most People Only A Ruse Used By Self-interest To Attract Confidence.

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

However Wicked Men May Be, They Do Not Dare Openly To Appear The Enemies Of Virtue, And When They Desire To Persecute Her They Either Pretend To Believe Her False Or Attribute Crimes To Her.

We Say Little, When Vanity Does Not Make Us Speak.

Nothing Prevents One From Appearing Natural As The Desire To Appear Natural.