In Love The Deceit Generally Outstrips The

We Are Not Fond Of Praising, And Never Praise Any One Except From Interested Motives. Praise Is A Clever, Concealed, And Delicate Flattery, Which Gratifies In Different Ways The Giver And The Receiver. The One Takes It As A Recompense Of His Merit, And The Other Bestows It To Display His Equity And Discernment.

True Eloquence Consists In Saying All That Should Be Said, And That Only.

Great Souls Are Not Those Who Have Fewer Passions And More Virtues Than Others, But Only Those Who Have Greater Designs.

Silence Is The Safest Policy If You Are Unsure Of Yourself.

There Are A Great Many Men Valued In Society Who Have Nothing To Recommend Them But Serviceable Vices.