It's Easier To Know People

The Desire To Be Thought Clever Often Prevents A Man From Becoming So.

The Heart Of Man Ever Finds A Constant Succession Of Passions, So That The Destroying And Pulling Down Of One Proves Generally Tobe Nothing Else But The Production And The Setting Up Of Another.

Some People Are So Extremely Whiffling And Inconsiderable That They Are As Far From Any Real Faults As From Substantial Virtues.

The Boldest Stroke And Best Act Of Friendship Is Not To Disclose Our Own Failings To A Friend, But To Show Him His Own.

Sometimes There Is Equal Or More Ability In Knowing How To Use Good Advice Than There Is In Giving It.