There Are People Who Would Never Have

Raillery Is More Insupportable Than Wrong; Because We Have A Right To Resent Injuries, But Are Ridiculous In Being Angry At A Jest.

We Often Shed Tears That Deceive Ourselves After Deceiving Others.

Almost Everyone Takes Pleasure In Repaying Trifling Obligations, Very Many Feel Gratitude For Those That Are Moderate; But There Is Scarcely Anyone Who Is Not Ungrateful For Those That Are Weighty.

The Desire To Seem Clever Often Keeps Us From Being So.

Great Men Should Not Have Great Faults.