Tricks And Treachery Are Merely Proofs Of

There Are People Who In Spite Of Their Merit Disgust Us And Others Who Please Us In Spite Of Their Faults.

Those Who Give Too Much Attention To Trifling Things Become Generally Incapable Of Great Ones.

Reconciliation With Our Enemies Is Simply A Desire To Better Our Condition, A Weariness Of War, Or The Fear Of Some Unlucky Thing From Occurring.

We Often Make Use Of Envenomed Praise, That Reveals On The Rebound, As It Were, Defects In Those Praised Which We Dare Not Exposeany Other Way.

Our Envy Always Outlives The Felicity Of Its Object.