The Generality Of Friends Puts Us Out

It Is With True Love As It Is With Ghosts; Everyone Talks About It, But Few Have Seen It.

When We Exaggerate Our Friends' Tenderness Towards Us, It Is Often Less From Gratitude Than From A Desire To Exhibit Our Own Virtue.

Envy Is Destroyed By True Friendship, As Coquetry By True Love.

Moderation Is Caused By The Fear Of Exciting The Envy And Contempt Which Those Merit Who Are Intoxicated With Their Good Fortune; It Is A Vain Display Of Our Strength Of Mind, And In Short The Moderation Of Men At Their Greatest Height Is Only A Desire To Appear Greater Than Their Fortune.

We May Give Advice, But Not The Sense To Use It.