When We Disclaim Praise, It Is Only

We Rarely Think People Have Good Sense Unless They Agree With Us.

Raillery Is More Insupportable Than Wrong; Because We Have A Right To Resent Injuries, But Are Ridiculous In Being Angry At A Jest.

He Who Imagines He Can Do Without The World Deceives Himself Much; But He Who Fancies The World Cannot Do Without Him Is Still More Mistaken.

Love Is One And The Same In The Original; But There Are A Thousand Different Copies Of It.

In Infants, Levity Is A Prettiness; In Men A Shameful Defect; But In Old Age, A Monstrous Folly.