Our Envy Always Outlives The Felicity Of

Raillery Is More Insupportable Than Wrong; Because We Have A Right To Resent Injuries, But Are Ridiculous In Being Angry At A Jest.

When Great Men Permit Themselves To Be Cast Down By The Continuance Of Misfortune, They Show Us That They Were Only Sustained By Ambition, And Not By Their Mind; So That Plus A Great Vanity, Heroes Are Made Like Other Men.

Affected Simplicity Is An Elegant Imposture.

Prudence And Love Are Inconsistent; In Proportion As The Last Increases, The Other Decreases.

Everyone Blames His Memory, No One Blames His Judgment.