We Have No Patience With Other People's

Gratitude, In Most Men, Is Only A Strong And Secret Hope Of Greater Favors.

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

Few Are Sufficiently Wise To Prefer Censure Which Is Useful To Praise Which Is Treacherous.

We Rarely Think People Have Good Sense Unless They Agree With Us.

Ideas Often Flash Across Our Minds More Complete Than We Could Make Them After Much Labor.