There Are Few Occasions When We Should

Vanity, Shame, And Above All Disposition, Often Make Men Brave And Women Chaste.

The Defects Of The Mind, Like Those Of The Face, Grow Worse With Age.

Our Enemies Come Nearer The Truth In The Opinions They Form Of Us Than We Do In Our Opinion Of Ourselves.

Affected Simplicity Is A Subtle Imposture.

Men And Things Have Each Their Proper Perspective; To Judge Rightly Of Some It Is Necessary To See Them Near, Of Others We Can Never Judge Rightly But At A Distance.