It Is Difficult To Esteem A Man

We Are Very Wrong To Think That Some Fault Or Other Can Exclude Virtue, Or To Consider The Alliance Of Good And Evil As A Monstrosity Or An Enigma.

Hope Is The Only Good Thing That Disillusion Respects.

Men Sometimes Feel Injured By Praise Because It Assigns A Limit To Their Merit; Few People Are Modest Enough Not To Take Offense That One Appreciates Them.

The Character Of False Wit Is That Of Appearing To Depend Only Upon Reason.

Hatred And Dishonesty Generally Arises From Fear Of Being Deceived.