When We Disclaim Praise, It Is Only

We Rarely Ever Perceive Others As Being Sensible, Except For Those Who Agree With Us.

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

We Easily Forget Crimes That Are Known To None But Ourselves.

Love Has Its Name Borrowed By A Great Number Of Dealings And Affairs That Are Attributed To It--in Which It Has No Greater Part Than The Doge In What Is Done At Venice.

Flattery Is A Kind Of Bad Money, To Which Our Vanity Gives Us Currency.