Civility Is A Desire To Receive Civilities,

Self-love Is The Love Of A Man's Own Self, And Of Everything Else For His Own Sake. It Makes People Idolaters To Themselves, And Tyrants To All The World Besides.

We Sometimes Think That We Hate Flattery, But We Only Hate The Manner In Which It Is Done. [fr., On Croit Quelquefoir Hair La Flatterie; Maid On Ne Hait Que A Maniere De Flatter.]

The Violence Done Us By Others Is Often Less Painful Than That Which We Do To Ourselves.

There Is No Disguise Which Can Hide Love For Long Where It Exists, Or Simulate It Where It Does Not.

Gravity Is A Mysterious Carriage Of The Body Invented To Cover The Defects Of The Mind.