Propriety Is The Least Of

It Is As Commendable To Think Well Of Oneself When Alone, As It Is Ridiculous To Speak Well Of Oneself Among Others.

The Applause We Give Those Who Are New To Society Often Proceeds From A Secret Envying Of Those Already Established.

We Easily Forget Our Faults When No One Knows Them But Ourselves.

Virtue Would Not Make Such Advances If There Were Not A Little Vanity To Keep It Company.

The Health Of The Soul Is Something We Can Be No More Sure Of Than That Of The Body; And Though A Man May Seem Far From The Passions, Yet He Is In As Much Danger Of Falling Into Them As One In A Perfect State Of Health Of Having A Fit Of Sickness.