The Vivacity That Augments With Years Is

Flattery Is A Kind Of Bad Money, To Which Our Vanity Gives Us Currency.

Humility Is Often A False Front We Employ To Gain Power Over Others.

A Man Often Thinks He Rules Himself, When All The While He Is Ruled And Managed; And While His Understanding Directs One Design, His Affections Imperceptibly Draw Him Into Another.

There Are Certain Defects Which, Well-mounted, Glitter Like Virtue Itself.

Moderation Is Caused By The Fear Of Exciting The Envy And Contempt Which Those Merit Who Are Intoxicated With Their Good Fortune; It Is A Vain Display Of Our Strength Of Mind, And In Short The Moderation Of Men At Their Greatest Height Is Only A Desire To Appear Greater Than Their Fortune.