There Is Nothing Men Are So Generous

Luxury And Excessive Refinement Are Sure Forerunners Of The Decadence Of States, Because When All Individuals Seek Their Own Interests They Neglect The Public Weal.

Without Humility, We Keep All Our Defects; And They Are Only Crusted Over By Pride, Which Conceals Them From Others, And Often From Ourselves.

The Truest Comparison We Can Make Of Love Is To Liken It To A Fever; We Have No More Power Over The One Than The Other, Either As To Its Violence Or Duration.

Virtue Would Not Make Such Advances If There Were Not A Little Vanity To Keep It Company.

As We Grow Older We Grow Both More Foolish And Wiser At The Same Time.