Habit Is Altogether Too Arbitrary

Who Values Gold Above All, Considers All Else As Trifling.

Take Here The Grand Secret; If Not Of Pleasing All, Yet Of Displeasing None, And Court Mediocrity, Avoid Originality, And Sacrifice To Fashion.

Existence Is Self-enjoyment, By Means Of Some Object Distinct From Ourselves.

Where Pride Begins, Love Ceases.

The Mingled Incentives Which Lead To Action Are Often Too Subtle And Lie Too Deep For Us To Analyze.