Illusory Joy Is Often Worth More Than

Desire Awakens Only To Things That Are Thought Possible.

... Moral Certainty Is Certainty Which Is Sufficient To Regulate Our Behaviour, Or Which Measures Up To The Certainty We Have On Matters Relating To The Conduct Of Life Which We Never Normally Doubt, Though We Know That It Is Possible, Absolutely Speaking, That They May Be False.

But Possibly I Am Something More Than I Suppose Myself To Be.

A Person Has Two Passions For Love And Abhorrence. A Big Disposition To Excessiveness Has Just A Love, Because It Is More Ardent And Stronger.

The Greatest Minds Are Capable Of The Greatest Vices As Well As Of The Greatest Virtues.