Sometimes We Think We Dislike Flattery, But

Instead Of Considering That The Worst Way To Persuade Or Please Others Is To Try Thus Strongly To Please Ourselves, And That To Listen Well And To Answer Well Are Some Of The Greatest Charms We Can Have In Conversation.

We Rarely Think People Have Good Sense Unless They Agree With Us.

We Easily Forgive Our Friends Those Faults That Do No Affect Us Ourselves.

What We Call Generosity Is For The Most Part Only The Vanity Of Giving; And We Exercise It Because We Are More Fond Of That Vanity Than Of The Thing We Give.

It Is Almost Always A Fault Of One Who Loves Not To Realize When He Ceases To Be Loved.