Men Do Not Suspect Faults

Few Men Survey Themselves With So Much Severity As Not To Admit Prejudices In Their Own Favor.

Whatever Enlarges Hope Will Also Exalt Courage.

Too Much Vigor In The Beginning Of An Undertaking Often Intercepts And Prevents The Steadiness And Perseverance Always Necessary In The Conduct Of A Complicated Scheme.

It Is Thus That Mutual Cowardice Keeps Us In Peace. Were One Half Of Mankind Brave And One Cowards, The Brave Would Be Always Beating The Cowards. Were All Brave, They Would Lead A Very Uneasy Life; All Would Be Continually Fighting; But Being All Cowards, We Go On Very Well.

The Irish Are A Fair People: They Never Speak Well Of One Another.