It Requires No Small Degree

Men Sometimes Think They Hate Flattery, But They Hate Only The Manner Of Flattering.

We Should Often Blush At Our Noblest Deeds If The World Were To See All Their Underlying Motives.

Our Enemies Come Nearer The Truth In The Opinions They Form Of Us Than We Do In Our Opinion Of Ourselves.

There Are Few People Who Would Not Be Ashamed Of Being Loved When They Love No Longer.

Some Crimes Get Honor And Renown By Being Committed With More Pomp, By A Greater Number, And In A Higher Degree Of Wickedness Thanothers. Hence It Is That Public Robberies, Plunderings, And Sackings Have Been Looked Upon As Excellencies And Noble Achievements, And The Seizing Of Whole Countries, However Unjustly And Barbarously, Is Dignified With The Glorious Name Of Gaining Conquests.