We Often Bore Others When We Think

Praise Is A More Ingenious, Concealed, And Subtle Kind Of Flattery, That Satisfies Both The Giver And The Receiver, Though By Verydifferent Ways. The One Accepts It As A Reward Due To His Merit; The Other Gives It That He May Be Looked Upon As A Just And Discerning Person.

We Are Eager To Believe That Others Are Flawed Because We Are Eager To Believe In What We Wish For.

To Awaken A Man Who Is Deceived As To His Own Merit Is To Do Him As Bad A Turn As That Done To The Athenian Madman Who Was Happy In Believing That All The Ships Touching At The Port Belonged To Him.

Conceit Causes More Conversation Than Wit.

A Man Seldom Finds People Unthankful, As Long As He Remains In A Condition Of Benefiting Them Further.