When A Man Is Once In Fashion,

Vice, In Its True Light, Is So Deformed, That It Shocks Us At First Sight; And Would Hardly Ever Seduce Us, If It Did Not At First Wear The Mask Of Some Virtue.

Our Conjectures Pass Upon Us For Truths; We Will Know What We Do Not Know, And Often, What We Cannot Know: So Mortifying To Our Pride Is The Base Suspicion Of Ignorance.

Two People Cannot Be Alone Together For Upwards Of Half An Hour Without One Emerging As The Superior.

Knowledge Of The World In Only To Be Acquired In The World, And Not In A Closet.

The Greatest Powers Cannot Injure A Man's Character Whose Reputation Is Unblemished Among His Party.