A wise man should order his interests, and set them all in their proper places. This order is often troubled by greed, which putsus upon pursuing so many things at once that, in eagerness for matters of less consideration, we grasp at trifles, and let go things of greater value.

We are eager to believe that others are flawed because we are eager to believe in what we wish for.

He who refuses praise the first time that it is offered does so because he would hear it a second time.

Female gossips are generally actuated by active ignorance.

The hunger for applause is the source for all conscious literature and heroism

More men are guilty of treason through weakness than any studied design to betray.

There is many a virtuous woman weary of her trade.