A Small Degree Of Wit, Accompanied By

Those That Have Had Great Passions Esteem Themselves For The Rest Of Their Lives Fortunate And Unfortunate In Being Cured Of Them.

We Always Love Those Who Admire Us, But We Do Not Always Love Those Whom We Admire.

Flattery Is A Base Coin Which Is Current Only Through Our Vanity.

Politeness Of The Mind Is To Have Delicate Thoughts

It Is A Mistake To Imagine, That The Violent Passions Only, Such As Ambition And Love, Can Triumph Over The Rest. Idleness, Languid As It Is, Often Masters Them All; She Influences All Our Designs And Actions, And Insensibly Consumes And Destroys Both Passions And Virtues.