To Know How To Hide One's Ability

Time's Chariot-wheels Make Their Carriage-road In The Fairest Face.

For Envy, Like Lightning, Generally Strikes At The Top Or Any Point Which Sticks Out From The Ordinary Level. Lucretius, De Rerum Natura Our Envy Always Outlives The Felicity Of Its Object.

Hope, Deceiving As It Is, Serves At Least To Lead Us To The End Of Our Lives By An Agreeable Route.

The Most Violent Passions Sometimes Leave Us At Rest, But Vanity Agitates Us Constantly.

A Great Many Men's Gratitude Is Nothing But A Secret Desire To Hook In More Valuable Kindnesses Hereafter.