Opportunity Makes Us Known To Others, But

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

Jealousy Is In Some Measure Just And Reasonable, Since It Merely Aims At Keeping Something That Belongs To Us Or We Think Belongsto Us, Whereas Envy Is A Frenzy That Cannot Bear Anything That Belongs To Others.

We Easily Forget Our Faults When No One Knows Them But Ourselves.

Truth Does Less Good In The World Than Its Appearances Do Harm.

Weakness Is The Only Fault That Is Incorrigible.