We Had Better Appear What We Are,

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

To Praise Princes For Virtues They Do Not Possess Is To Insult Them Without Fear Of Consequences.

Confidence In Conversation Has A Greater Share Than Wit.

Our Actions Are Like Blank Rhymes, To Which Everyone Applies What Sense He Pleases.

The Height Of Ability Consists In A Thorough Knowledge Of The Real Value Of Things, And Of The Genius Of The Age In Which We Live.