A Clever Man Reaps Some Benefit From

Our Good Qualities Expose Us More To Hatred And Persecution Than All The Ill We Do.

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

Moderation In People Who Are Contented Comes From That Calm That Good Fortune Lends To Their Spirit.

Praise Is A More Ingenious, Concealed, And Subtle Kind Of Flattery, That Satisfies Both The Giver And The Receiver, Though By Verydifferent Ways. The One Accepts It As A Reward Due To His Merit; The Other Gives It That He May Be Looked Upon As A Just And Discerning Person.

Imagination Does Not Enable Us To Invent As Many Different Contradictions As There Are By Nature In Every Heart.