Jesting Is Often Only Indigence Of Intellect.

A Man Of Variable Mind Is Not One Man, But Several Men In One; He Multiplies Himself As Often As He Changes His Taste And Manners; He Is Not This Minute What He Was The Last, And Will Not Be The Next What He Is Now; He Is His Own Successor.

A Man Often Runs The Risk Of Throwing Away A Witticism If He Admits That It Is His Own.

A Man Has Made Great Progress In Cunning When He Does Not Seem Too Clever To Others.

The Greatest Part Of Mankind Employ Their First Years To Make Their Last Miserable.

Two Persons Cannot Long Be Friends If They Cannot Forgive Each Other's Little Failings.