We Torment Ourselves Rather To Make It

Selfishness Is The Grand Moving Principle Of Nine-tenths Of Our Actions.

Funeral Pomp Is More For The Vanity Of The Living Than For The Honor Of The Dead.

Our Aversion To Lying Is Commonly A Secret Ambition To Make What We Say Considerable, And Have Every Word Received With A Religious Respect.

We Sometimes Imagine We Hate Flattery, But We Only Hate The Way We Are Flattered.

There Are Few Occasions When We Should Make A Bad Bargain By Giving Up The Good On Condition That No Ill Was Said Of Us.