Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.

Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.

The man who has received a benefit ought always to remember it, but he who has granted it ought to forget the fact at once.

A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.

The man who is in the highest state of prosperity, and who thinks his fortune is most secure, knows not if it will remain unchanged till the evening.

There is a great deal of wishful thinking in such cases it is the easiest thing of all to deceive ones self.

It is the natural disposition of all men to listen with pleasure to abuse and slander of their neighbour, and to hear with impatience those who utter praises of themselves.