Fortune Makes Our Virtues And Vices Visible,

Our Enemies Come Nearer The Truth In The Opinions They Form Of Us Than We Do In Our Opinion Of Ourselves.

In The Presence Of Some People We Inevitably Depart From Ourselves: We Are Inaccurate, We Say Things We Do Not Feel, And Talk Nonsense. When We Get Home We Are Conscious That We Have Made Fools Of Ourselves. Never Go Near These People.

A Wise Man Thinks It More Advantageous Not To Join The Battle Than To Win.

Constancy In Love ... Is Only Inconstancy Confined To One Object.

The Passions Often Engender Their Contraries.