Usually We Praise Only To Be Praised.

Gratitude Is Merely The Secret Hope Of Further Favors.

No Man Is Clever Enough To Know All The Evil He Does.

A Wise Man Thinks It More Advantageous Not To Join The Battle Than To Win.

The Largest Ambition Has The Least Appearance Of Ambition When It Meets With An Absolute Impossibility In Compassing Its Object.

There Are Reproaches Which Praise, And Praises Which Defame.