Sometimes A Fool Has Talent, But Never

Virtue Would Go Far If Vanity Did Not Keep It Company.

Our Desires Always Disappoint Us; For Though We Meet With Something That Gives Us Satisfaction, Yet It Never Thoroughly Answers Our Expectation. [however Disappointment Can Always Be Removed If We Remember It Could Have Turned Out Worse.]

Fortunate Persons Hardly Ever Amend Their Ways: They Always Imagine That They Are In The Right When Fortune Upholds Their Bad Conduct.

It Requires No Small Degree Of Ability To Know When To Conceal One's Ability.

It Is As Proper To Have Pride In Oneself As It Ridiculous To Show It To Others.