This Laudable Quality Is Commonly Known By

This Laudable Quality Is Commonly Known By The Name Of Manners And Good-breeding, And Consists In A Fashionable Habit, Acquir'd By Precept And Example, Of Flattering The Pride And Selfishness Of Others, And Concealing Our Own With Judgment And Dexterity.

We Seldom Call Anybody Lazy, But Such As We Reckon Inferior To Us, And Of Whom We Expect Some Service.

Because Impudence Is A Vice, It Does Not Follow That Modesty Is A Virtue; It Is Built Upon Shame, A Passion In Our Nature, And May Be Either Good Or Bad According To The Actions Performed From That Motive.

The First Rudiments Of Morality, Broach'd By Skilful Politicians, To Render Men Useful To Each Other As Well As Tractable, Were Chiefly Contrived That The Ambitious Might Reap The More Benefit From, And Govern Vast Numbers Of Them With The Greater Ease And Security.

No Habit Or Quality Is More Easily Acquired Than Hypocrisy, Nor Any Thing Sooner Learned Than To Deny The Sentiments Of Our Hearts And The Principle We Act From: But The Seeds Of Every Passion Are Innate To Us, And Nobody Comes Into The World Without Them.