No One Thinks Fortune So Blind As

There Are Certain Defects Which, Well-mounted, Glitter Like Virtue Itself.

Virtues Lose Themselves In Self-interest, As Rivers In The Sea.

Nothing Should Lessen Our Satisfaction With Ourselves As Much As When We Notice That We Disapprove Of Something At One Time That We Approve Of At Another Time.

It Is Not Always From Valor Or From Chastity That Men Are Brave, And Women Chaste.

People Are Often Vain Of Their Passions, Even Of The Worst, But Envy Is A Passion So Timid And Shame-faced That No One Ever Dare Avow Her.