Many Young Persons Believe Themselves Natural When

Men's Happiness And Misery Depends Altogether As Much Upon Their Own Humor As It Does Upon Fortune.

Reason Alone Is Insufficient To Make Us Enthusiastic In Any Matter.

The Good Or The Bad Fortune Of Men Depends Not Less Upon Their Own Dispositions Than Upon Fortune.

It Is Sometimes Necessary To Play The Fool To Avoid Being Deceived By Cunning Men.

Passions Often Produce Their Contraries: Avarice Sometimes Leads To Prodigality, And Prodigality To Avarice; We Are Often Obstinate Through Weakness And Daring Through Timidity.