A little judgment, with less sensibility, makes a man cunning; a little
more feeling, with even less reason, would make him sincere.
Some have no more knowledge of humanity, than just serves them to put on
an appearance of it, to answer their own base and selfish purposes.
He who prefers cunning to sincerity, is insensible to the disgrace and
suspicion which attend craft and deceit, and the social satisfaction
which the generous mind finds in honesty and plain-dealing.
Men who know not the pleasures of sincerity, and who traffic in deceit,
barter an image of kindness for a shadow of joy, and are deceived more
than they deceive.