We Should Not Be Much

Instead Of Considering That The Worst Way To Persuade Or Please Others Is To Try Thus Strongly To Please Ourselves, And That To Listen Well And To Answer Well Are Some Of The Greatest Charms We Can Have In Conversation.

The Only Thing That Should Surprise Us Is That There Are Still Some Things That Can Surprise Us.

There Is Great Skill In Knowing How To Conceal One's Skill.

Idleness Is More An Infirmity Of The Mind Than Of The Body.

Indolence, Languid As It Is, Often Masters Both Passions And Virtues.