Ridicule Dishonors A Man More

Tis More Dishonourable To Distrust A Friend Than To Be Deceived By Him.

Treachery Is More Often The Effect Of Weakness Than Of A Formed Design.

When The Heart Is Still Disturbed By The Relics Of A Passion It Is Proner To Take Up A New One Than When Wholly Cured.

We Should Desire Very Few Things Passionately If We Did But Perfectly Know The Nature Of The Things We Desire.

Ability Wins Us The Esteem Of The True Men; Luck, That Of The People.