Fortune Makes Our Virtues And Vices Visible,

The Best Way To Rise In Society Is To Use All Possible Means Of Persuading People That One Has Already Risen In Society.

Self-love Is The Love Of A Man's Own Self, And Of Everything Else For His Own Sake. It Makes People Idolaters To Themselves, And Tyrants To All The World Besides.

Envy Is Destroyed By True Friendship, As Coquetry By True Love.

The Sure Mark Of One Born With Noble Qualities Is Being Born Without Envy.

Fortune Never Seems So Blind To Any As To Those On Whom She Bestows No Favors.