Truth Has Scarce Done So Much Good

The Caprice Of Our Temper Is Even More Whimsical Than That Of Fortune.

Passion Often Makes Fools Of The Wisest Men And Gives The Silliest Wisdom.

What Men Call Friendship Is No More Than A Partnership, A Mutual Care Of Interests, An Exchange Of Favors - In A Word, It Is A Sort Of Traffic, In Which Self-love Ever Proposes To Be The Gainer.

More Men Are Guilty Of Treason Through Weakness Than Any Studied Design To Betray.

There Are Two Sorts Of Constancy In Love One Arises From Continually Discovering In The Loved Person New Subjects For Love, The Other Arises From Our Making A Merit Of Being Constant.