Esteem Never Makes Ingrates.

It Appears That Nature Has Hid At The Bottom Of Our Hearts Talents And Abilities Unknown To Us. It Is Only The Passions That Have The Power Of Bringing Them To Light, And Sometimes Give Us Views More True And More Perfect Than Art Could Possibly Do.

Ideas Often Flash Across Our Minds More Complete Than We Could Make Them After Much Labor.

We Own Up To Minor Failings, But Only So As To Convince Others That We Have No Major Ones.

More Men Are Guilty Of Treason Through Weakness Than Any Studied Design To Betray.

Philosophy Easily Triumphs Over Past And Future Ills; But Present Ills Triumph Over Philosophy.