Never claim as a right what you can ask as a favor.
To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery.
Envy and fear are the only passions to which no pleasure is attached.
Truth is the object of philosophy, but not always of philosophers.
Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel.
If we escape punishment for our vices, why should we complain if we are not rewarded for our virtues?