Timidity Is A Fault For

It Is More Often From Pride Than From Defective Understanding That People Oppose Established Opinions: They Find The Best Places Taken In The Good Party And Are Reluctant To Accept Inferior Ones.

In All Professions Each Affects A Look And An Exterior To Appear What He Wishes The World To Believe That He Is. Thus We May Say That The Whole World Is Made Up Of Appearances.

Gratitude Is Merely The Secret Hope Of Further Favors.

What We Cut Off From Our Other Faults Is Very Often But So Much Added To Our Pride.

Mediocre Minds Usually Dismiss Anything Which Reaches Beyond Their Own Understanding.