It Is Easier To Understand Mankind In

Though Most Of The Friendships Of The World Ill Deserve The Name Of Friendships; Yet A Man May Make Use Of Them On Occasion, As Of A Traffic Whose Returns Are Uncertain, And In Which 'tis Usual To Be Cheated.

We Do Not Despise All Those Who Have Vices, But We Do Despise Those That Have No Virtue.

We Have More Indolence In The Mind Than In The Body.

Most People Judge Men By Their Success Or Their Good Fortune.

The Reason Why Lovers And Their Mistresses Never Tire Of Being Together Is That They Are Always Talking Of Themselves. [fr., Ce Qui Fait Que Amants Et Les Maitresses Ne S'ennuient Point D'etre Ensemble; C'est Qu'ils Parlent Toujours D'eux Memes.]