Truth Is Not So Threadbare As Speech,

If People Did Not Compliment One Another There Would Be Little Society.

Vice Foments War; It Is Virtue Which Actually Fights. If There Were No Virtue, We Would Live In Peace Forever.

The Wicked Are Always Surprised To Find That The Good Can Be Clever.

Persons Of Rank Do Not Talk About Such Trifles As The Common People Do; But The Common People Do Not Busy Themselves About Such Frivolous Things As Do Persons Of Rank.

The Mind Reaches Great Heights Only By Spurts.