Pride, If Not The Origin,

Men Of Much Depth Of Mind Can Bear A Great Deal Of Counsel; For It Does Not Easily Deface Their Own Character, Nor Render Their Purposes Indistinct.

It Is A Weak Thing To Tell Half Your Story, And Then Ask Your Friend's Advice-a Still Weaker Thing To Take It.

It Requires A Strong Mind To Bear Up Against Several Languages. Some Persons Have Learnt So Many, That They Have Ceased To Think In Any One.

If You Are Often Deceived By Those Around You, You May Be Sure That You Deserve To Be Deceived; And That Instead Of Railing At The General Falseness Of Mankind, You Have First To Pronounce Judgment On Your Own Jealous Tyranny, Or On Your Own Weak Credulity.

Reading Is Sometimes An Ingenious Device For Avoiding Thought.