When Our Vices Leave Us, We Like

Nothing Ought In Reason To Mortify Our Self-satisfaction More That The Considering That We Condemn At One Time What We Highly Approve And Commend At Another.

The Boldest Stroke And Best Act Of Friendship Is Not To Disclose Our Own Failings To A Friend, But To Show Him His Own.

The Constancy Of The Wise Is Only The Talent Of Concealing The Agitation Of Their Hearts.

If We Have Not Peace Within Ourselves, It Is In Vain To Seek It From Outward Sources.

It Is Often Hard To Determine Whether A Clear, Open, And Honorable Proceeding Is The Result Of Goodness Or Of Cunning.