Ridicule Dishonors A Man More Than Dishonor

Reason Alone Is Insufficient To Make Us Enthusiastic In Any Matter.

Some Crimes Get Honor And Renown By Being Committed With More Pomp, By A Greater Number, And In A Higher Degree Of Wickedness Thanothers. Hence It Is That Public Robberies, Plunderings, And Sackings Have Been Looked Upon As Excellencies And Noble Achievements, And The Seizing Of Whole Countries, However Unjustly And Barbarously, Is Dignified With The Glorious Name Of Gaining Conquests.

It Is As Commendable To Think Well Of Oneself When Alone, As It Is Ridiculous To Speak Well Of Oneself Among Others.

Before Strongly Desiring Anything, We Should Look Carefully Into The Happiness Of Its Present Owner.

The Confidence Which We Have In Ourselves Give Birth To Much Of That, Which We Have In Others.