Self-interest Makes Some People Blind, And Others

The Only Thing That Should Astonish Us Is That Anything Can Yet Astonish Us.

History Never Embraces More Than A Small Part Of Reality

There Is Something To Be Said For Jealousy, Because It Only Designs The Preservation Of Some Good Which We Either Have Or Think Wehave A Right To. But Envy Is A Raging Madness That Cannot Bear The Wealth Or Fortune Of Others.

It Is Oftener By The Estimation Of Our Own Feelings That We Exaggerate The Good Qualities Of Others Than By Their Merit, And When We Praise Them We Wish To Attract Their Praise.

Avarice Is More Directly Opposed To Thrift Than Generosity Is.