It Is Far Better To Be Deceived

We Should Desire Very Few Things Passionately If We Did But Perfectly Know The Nature Of The Things We Desire.

All Women Seem By Nature To Be Coquettes.

The Esteem Of Good Men Is The Reward Of Our Worth, But The Reputation Of The World In General Is The Gift Of Our Fate.

Hope Is The Last Thing That Dies In Man; And Though It Be Exceedingly Deceitful, Yet It Is Of This Good Use To Us, That While We Are Traveling Through Life It Conducts Us In An Easier And More Pleasant Way To Our Journey's End.

Our Hopes, Often Though They Deceive Us, Lead Us Pleasantly Along The Path Of Life.