Behind Many Acts That Are Thought Ridiculous

We Are Better Pleased To See Those On Whom We Confer Benefits Than Those From Whom We Receive Them.

Everyone Takes Pleasure In Returning Small Obligations, Many People Acknowledge Moderate Ones; But There Are Only A Scarce Few Who Do Not Pay Great Ones With Ingratitude.

What Is Perfectly True Is Perfectly Witty.

There Are Reproaches Which Praise, And Praises Which Defame.

The Greatest Of All Gifts Is The Power To Estimate Things At Their True Worth