A Man Cannot Please Long Who Has

Nature Makes Merit, And Fortune Puts It To Work.

We Often Select Envenomed Praise Which, By A Reaction Upon Those We Praise, Shows Faults We Could Not Have Shown By Other Means.

We Are So Accustomed To Disguise Ourselves To Others That In The End We Become Disguised To Ourselves.

If One Acts Rightly And Honestly, It Is Difficult To Decide Whether It Is The Effect Of Integrity Or Skill.

The Height Of Ability Consists In A Thorough Knowledge Of The Real Value Of Things, And Of The Genius Of The Age In Which We Live.