Gratitude Is Merely The Secret

Our Merit Gains Us The Esteem Of The Virtuous-our Star That Of The Public.

We Easily Forget Our Faults When No One Knows Them But Ourselves.

The One Thing People Are The Most Liberal With, Is Their Advice.

No Matter How Much Care We Put Into Hiding Our Passions Under The Appearances Of Devotion And Honor, They Can Always Be Seen To Peer Out Through These Covers.

Idleness And Constancy Fix The Mind To What It Finds Easy And Agreeable. This Habit Always Confines And Cramps Up Our Knowledge; And No One Has Ever Taken The Trouble To Stretch And Carry His Understanding As Far As It Could Go.