It Requires More Than Mere

The Most Amiable People Are Those Who Least Wound The Self-love Of Others.

Every Man Is Valued In This World As He Shows By His Conduct That He Wishes To Be Valued.

A Fool Is One Whom Simpletons Believe To Be A Man On Merit. [fr., Un Fat Celui Que Les Sots Croient Un Homme De Merite.]

The Nearer We Approach Great Men, The Clearer We See That They Are Men.

The Whole Genius Of An Author Consists In Describing Well, And Delineating Character Well. Homer, Plato, Virgil, Horace Only Excel Other Writers By Their Expressions And Images; We Must Indicate What Is True If We Mean To Write Naturally, Forcibly And Delicately.