Nothing ought in reason to mortify our self-satisfaction more that the considering that we condemn at one time what we highly approve and commend at another.

We would rather see those to whom we do good, than those who do good to us.

Narrow minds think nothing right that is above their own capacity.

It is with sincere affection or friendship as with ghosts and apparitions,--a thing that everybody talks of, and scarce any hath seen.

Happiness does not consist in things themselves but in the relish we have of them.

We acknowledge our faults in order to repair by our sincerity the damage they have done us in the eyes of others.

Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.