To Establish Oneself In The World, One

Flattery Is A Counterfeit Money Which, But For Vanity, Would Have No Circulation.

More Men Are Guilty Of Treason Through Weakness Than Any Studied Design To Betray.

Men Are Not Only Prone To Forget Benefits; They Even Hate Those Who Have Obliged Them, And Cease To Hate Those Who Have Injured Them. The Necessity Of Revenging An Injury, Or Of Recompensing A Benefit Seems A Slavery To Which They Are Unwilling To Submit.

A Refusal Of Praise Is A Desire To Be Praised Twice.

We Confess To Little Faults Only To Persuade Ourselves We Have No Great Ones.