There Are No Accidents So Unlucky But

Politeness Is A Desire To Be Treated Politely, And To Be Esteemed Polite Oneself.

Nothing Ought More To Humiliate Men Who Have Merited Great Praise Than The Care They Still Take To Boast Of Little Things.

Politeness Of Mind Consists In Thinking Chaste And Refined Thoughts.

We Should Desire Very Few Things Passionately If We Did But Perfectly Know The Nature Of The Things We Desire.

In Friendship, As In Love, We Are Often More Happy From The Things We Are Ignorant Of Than From Those We Are Acquainted With.