“Most people know no other way of judging men's worth but by the vogue they are in, or the fortunes they have met with.”
Men“The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.”
Happiness“Most people know no other way of judging men's worth but by the vogue they are in, or the fortunes they have met with.”
Men“In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.”
Friendship“Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.”
Good“Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.”
Death“There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.”
Love“If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.”
Strength“On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.”
Death“Nothing is so contagious as example and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.”
Great“No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.”
Power“No men are oftener wrong than those that can least bear to be so.”
Men“Many men are contemptuous of riches few can give them away.”
Men“In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.”
Best“There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.”
Women“However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.”
Truth“One forgives to the degree that one loves.”
Forgiveness“Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.”
Hope“When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.”
Time“What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received it is, in sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.”
Business“Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.”
Jealousy“A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter.”
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