Sometimes We Think We Dislike

The Desire To Seem Clever Often Keeps Us From Being So.

Humility Is Often Only Feigned Submission Which People Use To Render Others Submissive. It Is A Subterfuge Of Pride Which Lowers Itself In Order To Rise.

A Man Is Sometimes Better Off Deceived About The One He Loves, Than Undeceived.

We Sometimes Think That We Hate Flattery, But We Only Hate The Manner In Which It Is Done. [fr., On Croit Quelquefoir Hair La Flatterie; Maid On Ne Hait Que A Maniere De Flatter.]

It Is Much Better To Learn To Deal With The Ills We Have Now Than To Speculate On Those That May Befall Us.