Politeness Of The Mind Is To Have

Whatever Good Things People Say Of Us, They Tell Us Nothing New.

People Always Complain About Their Memories, Never About Their Minds.

Too Great Refinement Is False Delicacy, And True Delicacy Is Solid Refinement.

Whatever Ignominy Or Disgrace We Have Incurred, It Is Almost Always In Our Power To Reestablish Our Reputation.

We Are Not Fond Of Praising, And Never Praise Any One Except From Interested Motives. Praise Is A Clever, Concealed, And Delicate Flattery, Which Gratifies In Different Ways The Giver And The Receiver. The One Takes It As A Recompense Of His Merit, And The Other Bestows It To Display His Equity And Discernment.