Nothing Is Rarer Than Real Goodness.

The Desire To Be Thought Clever Often Prevents A Man From Becoming So.

Avarice Is More Opposite To Economy Than Liberality.

The Most Brilliant Fortunes Are Often Not Worth The Littleness Required To Gain Them.

We Should Often Feel Ashamed Of Our Best Actions If The World Could See All The Motives Which Produced Them.

We Are Inconsolable At Being Deceived By Our Enemies And Being Betrayed By Our Friends, Yet We Are Often Content In Be Being Treated Like That By Our Own Selves.