A Great Many Men's Gratitude Is Nothing

Women Can More Easily Conquer Their Passion Than Their Coquetterie.

Silence Is The Best Security To The Man Who Distrusts Himself.

Luxury And Excessive Refinement Are Sure Forerunners Of The Decadence Of States, Because When All Individuals Seek Their Own Interests They Neglect The Public Weal.

We Can Be More Clever Than One, But Not More Clever Than All.

We Often In Our Misfortunes Take That For Constancy And Patience Which Is Only Dejection Of Mind; We Suffer Without Daring To Holdup Our Heads, Just As Cowards Let Themselves Be Knocked On The Head Because They Have Not Courage To Strike Back.