There Are Many Predicaments In Life That

If We Are Incapable Of Finding Peace In Ourselves, It Is Pointless To Search Elsewhere.

The Duration Of Our Passions Is No More Dependent On Ourselves Than The Duration Of Our Lives.

The Aversion To Lying Is Often A Hidden Ambition To Render Our Words Credible And Weighty, And To Attach A Religious Aspect To Our Conversation.

The Defects Of The Mind, Like Those Of The Face, Grow Worse With Age.

Our Merit Gains Us The Esteem Of The Virtuous-our Star That Of The Public.