Some Men Are Like Ballads, That Are

The Intention Of Cheating No One Lays Us Open To Being Cheated Ourselves.

Silence Is The Safest Policy If You Are Unsure Of Yourself.

We Are So Used To Dissembling With Others That In Time We Come To Deceive And Dissemble With Ourselves.

Praise Is A More Ingenious, Concealed, And Subtle Kind Of Flattery, That Satisfies Both The Giver And The Receiver, Though By Verydifferent Ways. The One Accepts It As A Reward Due To His Merit; The Other Gives It That He May Be Looked Upon As A Just And Discerning Person.

Nothing Is Rarer Than True Good Nature; They Who Are Reputed To Have It Are Generally Only Pliant Or Weak.