We Are Easily Comforted For The Misfortunes

In Misfortune We Often Mistake Dejection For Constancy; We Bear It Without Daring To Look On It; Like Cowards, Who Suffer Themselves To Be Murdered Without Resistance.

Men Give Away Nothing So Liberally As Their Advice.

The Passions Possess A Certain Injustice And Self Interest Which Makes It Dangerous To Follow Them, And In Reality We Should Distrust Them Even When They Appear Most Trustworthy.

The Greatest Of All Gifts Is The Power To Estimate Things At Their True Worth

The Most Subtle Of Our Acts Is To Simulate Blindness For Snares That We Know Are Set For Us.