Female Gossips Are Generally Actuated

Moderation Is Caused By The Fear Of Exciting The Envy And Contempt Which Those Merit Who Are Intoxicated With Their Good Fortune; It Is A Vain Display Of Our Strength Of Mind, And In Short The Moderation Of Men At Their Greatest Height Is Only A Desire To Appear Greater Than Their Fortune.

Idiots And Lunatics See Only Their Own Wit.

Passion Makes Idiots Of The Cleverest Men, And Makes The Biggest Idiots Clever.

Our Aversion To Lying Is Commonly A Secret Ambition To Make What We Say Considerable, And Have Every Word Received With A Religious Respect.

There Is Merit Without Rank, But There Is No Rank Without Some Merit.