Moderation Is The Feebleness And Sloth Of

The Applause We Give Those Who Are New To Society Often Proceeds From A Secret Envying Of Those Already Established.

What Makes Vanity So Insufferable To Us, Is That It Hurts Our Own.

Though Men Are Apt To Flatter And Exalt Themselves With Their Great Achievements, Yet These Are, In Truth, Very Often Owing Not So Much To Design As Chance.

The Passions Possess A Certain Injustice And Self Interest Which Makes It Dangerous To Follow Them, And In Reality We Should Distrust Them Even When They Appear Most Trustworthy.

Self-interest Speaks All Manner Of Tongues And Plays All Manner Of Parts, Even That Of Disinterestedness.