Esteem Never Makes Ingrates.

We Often See Malefactors, When They Are Led To Execution, Put On Resolution And A Contempt Of Death Which, In Truth, Is Nothing Else But Fearing To Look It In The Face--so That This Pretended Bravery May Very Truly Be Said To Do The Same Good Office To Their Mind That The Blindfold Does To Their Eyes.

We Cannot Possibly Imagine The Variety Of Contradictions In Every Heart.

The Gallantry Of The Mind Consists In Agreeable Flattery.

A Man Does Not Please Long When He Has Only Species Of Wit.

We Are So Used To Dissembling With Others That In Time We Come To Deceive And Dissemble With Ourselves.