Virtues Lose Themselves In Self-interest, As Rivers

In Friendship As Well As Love, Ignorance Very Often Contributes More To Our Happiness Than Knowledge.

If We Have Not Peace Within Ourselves, It Is In Vain To Seek It From Outward Sources.

When We Exaggerate Our Friends' Tenderness Towards Us, It Is Often Less From Gratitude Than From A Desire To Exhibit Our Own Virtue.

Self-love Increases Or Diminishes For Us The Good Qualities Of Our Friends, In Proportion To The Satisfaction We Feel With Them; And We Judge Of Their Merit By The Manner In Which They Act Towards Us.

It Is Most Difficult To Speak When We Are Ashamed Of Being Silent.