A Man Is Sometimes Better Off Deceived

We Torment Ourselves Rather To Make It Appear That We Are Happy Than To Become So.

The Greatest Part Of Our Faults Are More Excusable Than The Methods That Are Commonly Taken To Conceal Them.

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.

Politeness Of Mind Consists In Thinking Chaste And Refined Thoughts.

The World More Often Rewards The Appearances Of Merit Than Merit Itself.