Reason Is Not What Decides

I Maintain, In Truth, That With A Smile We Should Instruct Our Youth, Be Very Gentle When We Have To Blame, And Not Put Them In Fear Of Virtue's Name.

One Ought To Look A Good Deal At Oneself Before Thinking Of Condemning Others.

Words And Deeds Are Far From Being One. Much That Is Talked About Is Left Undone.

Frankly, It's Good Enough To Lock Up In A Drawer.

I Might, By Chance, Write Something Just As Shoddy; But Then I Wouldn't Show It To Everybody.