The Desire To Be Thought Clever Often

Politeness Is A Desire To Be Treated Politely, And To Be Esteemed Polite Oneself.

We Only Acknowledge Small Faults In Order To Make It Appear That We Are Free From Great Ones.

Philosophy Finds It An Easy Matter To Vanquish Past And Future Evils, But The Present Are Commonly Too Hard For It.

Youth Changes Its Tastes By The Warmth Of Its Blood; Age Retains Its Tastes By Habit.

The Man That Thinks He Loves His Mistress For Her Own Sake Is Mightily Mistaken.