We Think Very Few People Sensible, Except

Humility Is Often Only Feigned Submission Which People Use To Render Others Submissive. It Is A Subterfuge Of Pride Which Lowers Itself In Order To Rise.

To Be A Great Man It Is Necessary To Know How To Profit By The Whole Of Our Good Fortune.

A Man's Happiness Or Unhappiness Depends As Much On His Temperament As On His Destiny.

A Wise Man Should Order His Interests, And Set Them All In Their Proper Places. This Order Is Often Troubled By Greed, Which Putsus Upon Pursuing So Many Things At Once That, In Eagerness For Matters Of Less Consideration, We Grasp At Trifles, And Let Go Things Of Greater Value.

It Is Almost Always A Fault Of One Who Loves Not To Realize When He Ceases To Be Loved.