The Passions Often Engender Their Contraries.

Confidence In Conversation Has A Greater Share Than Wit.

Fortune Converts Everything To The Advantage Of Her Favorites.

Some People Are Like Popular Songs That You Only Sing For A Short Time.

We Easily Forget Crimes That Are Known To None But Ourselves.

A Man's Wits Are Better Employed In Bearing Up Under The Misfortunes That Lie Upon Him At Present Than In Foreseeing Those That May Come Upon Him Hereafter.