The Common Excuse For Those Bringing Misfortune

If Our Friends Do Us A Service, We Think They Owe It To Us By Their Title Of Friend. We Never Think That They Do Not Owe Us Their Friendship.

It Is Of No Use To Possess A Lively Wit If It Is Not Of The Right Proportion: The Perfection Of A Clock Is Not To Go Fast, But To Be Accurate.

Superficial Knowledge ... Is Hurtful To Those Who Possess True Genius; For It Necessarily Draws Them Away From Their Main Object, Wastes Their Industry Over Details And Subjects Foreign To Their Needs And Natural Talent, And Lastly Does Not Serve, As They Flatter Themselves, To Prove The Breadth Of Their Mind. In All Ages There Have Been Men Of Very Moderate Intelligence Who Knew Much, And So On The Contrary, Men Of The Highest Intelligence Who Knew Very Little. Ignorance Is Not Lack Of Intelligence, Nor Knowledge A Proof Of Genius.

It Is Unjust To Exact That Men Shall Do Out Of Deference To Our Advice What They Have No Desire To Do For Themselves.

We Are Almost Always Guilty Of The Hate We Encounter.