We Should Not Be Upset That Others

If One Judges Love By The Majority Of Its Effects, It Is More Like Hatred Than Like Friendship.

Second-rate Minds Usually Condemn Everything Beyond Their Grasp.

Men Are Inconsolable Concerning The Treachery Of Their Friends Or The Deceptions Of Their Enemies; And Yet They Are Often Very Highly Satisfied To Be Both Deceived And Betrayed By Their Own Selves.

Few People Have The Wisdom To Prefer The Criticism That Would Do Them Good, To The Praise That Deceives Them.

Those Whom The World Has Delighted To Honor Have Oftener Been Influenced In Their Doings By Ambition And Vanity Than By Patriotism.