Tis More Dishonourable To Distrust A Friend

Being A Blockhead Is Sometimes The Best Security Against Being Cheated By A Man Of Wit.

We Are Not Fond Of Praising, And Never Praise Any One Except From Interested Motives. Praise Is A Clever, Concealed, And Delicate Flattery, Which Gratifies In Different Ways The Giver And The Receiver. The One Takes It As A Recompense Of His Merit, And The Other Bestows It To Display His Equity And Discernment.

Often We Are Firm From Weakness, And Audacious From Timidity.

There Are Women Who Never Had An Intrigue; But There Are Scarce Any Who Never Had But One.

A Wise Man Thinks It More Advantageous Not To Join The Battle Than To Win.