He Who First Praises A Book Becomingly

Contentment Is Better Than Divinations Or Visions.

We Cannot At Once Catch The Applauses Of The Vulgar And Expect The Approbation Of The Wise.

It Is Easy To Look Down On Others; To Look Down On Ourselves Is The Difficulty.

We Enter Our Studies, And Enjoy A Society Which We Alone Can Bring Together. We Raise No Jealousy By Conversing With One In Preference To Another; We Give No Offence To The Most Illustrious By Questioning Him As Long As We Will, And Leaving Him As Abruptly. Diversity Of Opinion Raises No Tumult In Our Presence: Each Interlocutor Stands Before Us, Speaks Or Is Silent, And We Adjourn Or Decide The Business At Our Leisure.

Political Men, Like Goats, Usually Thrive Best Among Inequalities.