Self-love, As It Happens To Be Well

There Are A Great Many Men Valued In Society Who Have Nothing To Recommend Them But Serviceable Vices.

Self-love Is The Love Of A Man's Own Self, And Of Everything Else For His Own Sake. It Makes People Idolaters To Themselves, And Tyrants To All The World Besides.

It Is A Common Fault Never To Be Satisfied With Our Fortune, Nor Dissatisfied With Our Understanding.

There Are Some Faults Which, When Well Managed, Make A Greater Figure Than Virtue Itself.

No Men Are Oftener Wrong Than Those That Can Least Bear To Be So.