...any one present ; nor gratify that idle inclination, which is too strong in most young men : I mean laughing at, or ridiculing the weakness or infirmities of others, by way of diverting the company, or displaying your own superiority. Most people have their weaknesses, their peculiar...

...to see through the shallowness of his proceedings as others see through and are disgusted with them. If he reflect at all, what a poor consolation it must...will not allow him to retaliate. Instead of any mixed company deriving pleasure from such a procedure, they will conceive a disgust for any man who can afford...