Ability Wins Us The Esteem Of The

A Man Convinced Of His Own Merit Will Accept Misfortune As An Honor, For Thus Can He Persuade Others, As Well As Himself, That He Is A Worthy Target For The Arrows Of Fate.

The Most Effectual Way To Be Deceived Is To Believe Oneself More Cunning Than One's Neighbors.

Behind Many Acts That Are Thought Ridiculous There Lie Wise And Weighty Motives.

Hope Is The Last Thing That Dies In Man; And Though It Be Exceedingly Deceitful, Yet It Is Of This Good Use To Us, That While We Are Traveling Through Life It Conducts Us In An Easier And More Pleasant Way To Our Journey's End.

Our Envy Always Outlives The Felicity Of Its Object.