Few Men Have Depth Enough To Hear

Obscurity Is The Realm Of Error.

Ignorance Is Not Lack Of Intelligence, Nor Knowledge A Proof Of Genius.

Men Dissimulate Their Dearest, Most Constant, And Most Virtuous Inclination From Weakness And A Fear Of Being Condemned.

As Soon As An Opinion Becomes Common It Is Sufficient Reason For Men To Abandon It And To Uphold The Opposite Opinion Until That In Its Turn Grows Old, And They Require To Distinguish Themselves By Other Things. Thus If They Attain Their Goal In Some Art Or Science, We Must Expect Them Soon To Cast It Aside To Acquire Some Fresh Fame, And This Is Partly The Reason Why The Most Splendid Ages Degenerate So Quickly, And, Scarcely Emerged From Barbarism, Plunge Into It Again.

Persons Of Rank Do Not Talk About Such Trifles As The Common People Do; But The Common People Do Not Busy Themselves About Such Frivolous Things As Do Persons Of Rank.