They That Apply Themselves To Trifling Matters

The Desire Which Urges Us To Deserve Praise Strengthens Our Good Qualities, And Praise Given To Wit, Valour, And Beauty, Tends To Increase Them.

Pride, Which Inspires Us With So Much Envy, Is Sometimes Of Use Toward The Moderating Of It Too.

We Only Acknowledge Small Faults In Order To Make It Appear That We Are Free From Great Ones.

As Great Minds Have The Faculty Of Saying A Great Deal In A Few Words, So Lesser Minds Have A Talent Of Talking Much, And Saying Nothing.

Friendship Is A Traffic Wherein Self-love Always Proposes To Be The Gainer.