The Height Of Cleverness Is To Be

The Art Of Putting Into Play Mediocre Qualities Often Begets More Reputation Than Is Achieved By True Merit.

That Man, We May Be Sure, Is A Person Of True Worth, Whom Those Who Envy Him Most Are Yet Forced To Praise.

Sometimes We Think We Dislike Flattery, But It Is Only The Way It Is Done That We Dislike.

Things Often Offer Themselves To Our Mind In A More Finished Form In The Very First Thought, Than We Might Have Made Them By Muchart And Study.

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