Our Self-love Can Less Bear

Flattery Is A Counterfeit Money Which, But For Vanity, Would Have No Circulation.

We Are Never So Easily Deceived As When We Imagine We Are Deceiving Others.

Perseverance Is Neither Praiseworthy Nor Blameworthy; For It Seems To Be Only The Enduring Of Certain Inclinations And Opinions Which Men Neither Give Themselves Nor Take Away From Themselves.

Virtue Would Not Make Such Advances If There Were Not A Little Vanity To Keep It Company.

It Often Happens That Things Come Into The Mind In A More Finished Form Than Could Have Been Achieved After Much Study.