We Often Bore Others When We Think

If We Never Flattered Ourselves We Should Have But Scant Pleasure.

When We Enlarge Upon The Affection Our Friends Have For Us, This Is Very Often Not So Much Out Of A Sense Of Gratitude As From A Desire To Persuade People Of Our Own Great Worth, That Can Deserve So Much Kindness.

Whilst Weakness And Timidity Keep Us To Our Duty, Virtue Has Often All The Honor.

Gratitude Is A Useless Word. You Will Find It In A Dictionary But Not In Life.

Though Nature Be Ever So Generous, Yet Can She Not Make A Hero Alone. Fortune Must Contribute Her Part Too; And Till Both Concur, The Work Cannot Be Perfected.