Gratitude, In Most Men, Is Only A

He Is Not To Pass For A Man Of Reason Who Stumbles Upon Reason By Chance But He Who Knows It And Can Judge It And Has A True Taste For It.

Only The Great Can Afford To Have Great Defects.

In The Misfortunes Of Our Best Friends We Always Find Something Not Altogether Displeasing To Us.

Men Never Desire Anything Very Eagerly Which They Desire Only By The Dictates Of Reason.

There Is A Form Of Eminence Which Does Not Depend On Fate; It Is An Air Which Sets Us Apart And Seems To Prtend Great Things; It Is The Value Which We Unconsciously Attach To Ourselves; It Is The Quality Which Wins Us Deference Of Others; More Than Birth, Position, Or Ability, It Gives Us Ascendance.