Innocence Does Not Find Near So Much

The Appearances Of Goodness And Merit Often Meet With A Greater Reward From The World Than Goodness And Merit Themselves.

There Are Some Faults Which, When Well Managed, Make A Greater Figure Than Virtue Itself.

Nothing Is So Capable Of Diminishing Self-love As The Observation That We Disapprove At One Time What We Approve At Another.

When The Soul Is Ruffled By The Remains Of One Passion, It Is More Disposed To Entertain A New One Than When It Is Entirely Curedand At Rest From All.

A Man's Worth Has Its Season, Like Fruit.