What We Take For High-mindedness Is Very

It Is Easier To Be Wise For Others Than For Ourselves.

More Men Are Guilty Of Treason Through Weakness Than Any Studied Design To Betray.

A Man Often Thinks He Rules Himself, When All The While He Is Ruled And Managed; And While His Understanding Directs One Design, His Affections Imperceptibly Draw Him Into Another.

A Man's Worth Has Its Season, Like Fruit.

Praise Is A More Ingenious, Concealed, And Subtle Kind Of Flattery, That Satisfies Both The Giver And The Receiver, Though By Verydifferent Ways. The One Accepts It As A Reward Due To His Merit; The Other Gives It That He May Be Looked Upon As A Just And Discerning Person.