When We Exaggerate Our Friends'

That Conduct Often Seems Ridiculous The Secret Reasons Of Which Are Wise And Solid.

Sobriety Is Concern For One's Health - Or Limited Capacity.

A Man's Wits Are Better Employed In Bearing Up Under The Misfortunes That Lie Upon Him At Present Than In Foreseeing Those That May Come Upon Him Hereafter.

Selfishness Is The Grand Moving Principle Of Nine-tenths Of Our Actions.

The Passions Are The Only Orators That Always Persuade: They Are, As It Were, A Natural Art, The Rules Of Which Are Infallible; And The Simplest Man With Passion Is More Persuasive Than The Most Eloquent Without It.