Absence Diminishes Mediocre Passions And Increases Great

It Requires No Small Degree Of Ability To Know When To Conceal One's Ability.

The Desire Of Appearing Clever Often Prevents Our Becoming So.

Fortune Converts Everything To The Advantage Of Her Favorites.

Most Men Expose Themselves In Battle Enough To Save Their Honor, Few Wish To Do So More Than Sufficiently, Or Than Is Necessary To Make The Design For Which They Expose Themselves Succeed.

Jealousy Is Bred In Doubts. When Those Doubts Change Into Certainties, Then The Passion Either Ceases Or Turns Absolute Madness.