We Would Rather Speak Ill Of Ourselves

To Know Oneself Is Not Necessarily To Improve Oneself

Were We Perfectly Acquainted With The Object, We Should Never Passionately Desire It.

Decency Is The Least Of All Laws, But Yet It Is The Law Which Is Most Strictly Observed.

There Is No Accident So Unfortunate But Wise Men Will Make Some Advantage Of It, Nor Any So Entirely Fortunate But Fools May Turn It To Their Own Prejudice.

The Tranquility Or Agitation Of Our Temper Does Not Depend So Much On The Big Things Which Happen To Us In Life, As On The Pleasant Or Unpleasant Arrangements Of The Little Things Which Happen Daily.