If We Never Flattered Ourselves We Should

Men May Boast Of Their Great Actions; But They Are More Often The Effects Of Chance Than Of Design.

The Whimsicalness Of Our Own Humor Is A Thousand Times More Fickle And Unaccountable Than What We Blame So Much In Fortune.

Men Are Often So Foolish As To Boast And Value Themselves Upon Their Passions, Even Those That Are Most Vicious. But Envy Is A Passion So Full Of Cowardice And Shame That No One Every Ever Had The Confidence To Own It.

Men More Easily Renounce Their Interests Than Their Tastes.

The Head Does Not Know How To Play The Part Of The Heart For Long.