No Men Are Oftener Wrong Than Those

Being A Blockhead Is Sometimes The Best Security Against Being Cheated By A Man Of Wit.

We Would Rather See Those To Whom We Do Good, Than Those Who Do Good To Us.

To Awaken A Man Who Is Deceived As To His Own Merit Is To Do Him As Bad A Turn As That Done To The Athenian Madman Who Was Happy In Believing That All The Ships Touching At The Port Belonged To Him.

Virtues Lose Themselves In Self-interest, As Rivers In The Sea.

Good And Bad Fortune Are Found Severally To Visit Those Who Have The Most Of The One Or The Other.