How Sweet, How Passing Sweet, Is Solitude!

The Wise Person Often Shuns Society For Fear Of Being Bored.

Nothing Is Easier For Passion Than To Overcome Reason, But The Greatest Triumph Is To Conquer A Man's Own Interests.

Friendship * * * Is A Long Time In Forming, It Is Of Slow Growth, Through Many Trials And Months Of Familiarity.

A Man Of The World Must Seem To Be What He Wishes To Be Thought.

Rarely Do They Appear Great Before Their Valets. [fr., Rarement Ils Sont Grands Vis-a-vis De Leur Valets-de-chambre.]