Nothing Is Rarer Than Real Goodness.

Tricks And Treachery Are Merely Proofs Of Lack Of Skill.

Instead Of Considering That The Worst Way To Persuade Or Please Others Is To Try Thus Strongly To Please Ourselves, And That To Listen Well And To Answer Well Are Some Of The Greatest Charms We Can Have In Conversation.

The Reason We Bitterly Hate Those Who Deceive Us Is Because They Think They Are Cleverer Than We Are.

The Sure Way To Be Cheated Is To Think One's Self More Cunning Than Others.

There Is No Praise We Have Not Lavished Upon Prudence; And Yet She Cannot Assure To Us The Most Trifling Event.