The Passions Often Engender Their Contraries.

Commonplace Minds Usually Condemn What Is Beyond The Reach Of Their Understanding.

In The Human Heart One Generation Of Passions Follows Another; From The Ashes Of One Springs The Spark Of The Next.

When We Exaggerate Our Friends' Tenderness Towards Us, It Is Often Less From Gratitude Than From A Desire To Exhibit Our Own Virtue.

We Do Not Like To Praise, And Seldom Praise Anyone Without Self-interest.

We Often Act Treacherously More From Weakness Than From A Fixed Motive.