Imagination Does Not Enable Us To Invent

Our Minds Are As Much Given To Laziness As Our Bodies.

The Reason Why Most Women Have So Little Sense Of Friendship Is That This Is But A Cold And Flat Passion To Those That Have Felt That Of Love.

True Bravery Means Doing Alone That Which One Could Do If All The World Were By.

When We Enlarge Upon The Affection Our Friends Have For Us, This Is Very Often Not So Much Out Of A Sense Of Gratitude As From A Desire To Persuade People Of Our Own Great Worth, That Can Deserve So Much Kindness.

The Desire Of Appearing Clever Often Prevents Our Becoming So.