Flattery Is A Kind Of

What Seems To Be Generosity Is Often No More Than Disguised Ambition, Which Overlooks A Small Interest In Order To Secure A Great One.

Flattery Is A Base Coin Which Is Current Only Through Our Vanity.

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

No Men Are Oftener Wrong Than Those That Can Least Bear To Be So.

It Is Far Better To Be Deceived Than Undeceived By Those Whom We Tenderly Love.