Were We Perfectly Acquainted With The Object,

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

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

Were We Faultless, We Would Not Derive Such Satisfaction From Remarking The Faults Of Others.

Humility Is The Worst Form Of Conceit.

The Hate Of Favourites Is Only A Love Of Favour. The Envy Of Not Possessing It, Consoles And Softens Its Regrets By The Contempt It Evinces For Those Who Possess It, And We Refuse Them Our Homage, Not Being Able To Detract From Them What Attracts That Of The Rest Of The World.