Diffidence And Awkwardness Are Antidotes To Love.

By Retaliating Our Sufferings On The Heads Of Those We Love, We Get Rid Of A Present Uneasiness And Incur Lasting Remorse. With The Accomplishment Of Our Revenge Our Fondness Returns; So That We Feel The Injury We Have Done Them, Even More Than They Do.

Nothing Is More Unjust Or Capricious Than Public Opinion.

Men Of Gravity Are Intellectual Stammerers, Whose Thoughts Move Slowly.

Friendship Is Cemented By Interest, Vanity, Or The Want Of Amusement; It Seldom Implies Esteem, Or Even Mutual Regard.

Vice Is Man's Nature: Virtue Is A Habit--or A Mask.