What We Cut Off From Our Other

Many Men Are Contemptuous Of Riches; Few Can Give Them Away.

The Most Violent Passions Sometimes Leave Us At Rest, But Vanity Agitates Us Constantly.

There Are No Accidents So Unlucky From Which Clever People Are Not Able To Reap Some Advantage, And None So Lucky That The Foolish Are Not Able To Turn Them To Their Own Disadvantage.

Ability Wins Us The Esteem Of The True Men; Luck, That Of The People.

What We Cut Off From Our Other Faults Is Very Often But So Much Added To Our Pride.