Men Are Not To Be Judged By

The Best Things Are The Most Common.

The Maxim That Men Are Not To Be Praised Before Their Death Was Invented By Envy And Too Lightly Adopted By Philosophers. I, On The Contrary, Maintain That They Ought To Be Praised In Their Lifetime If They Merit It; But Jealousy And Calumny, Roused Against Their Virtue Or Their Talent, Labour To Degrade Them If Any One Ventures To Bear Testimony To Them. It Is Unjust Criticism That They Should Fear To Hazard, Not Sincere Praise.

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

Our Actions Are Neither So Good Nor So Evil As Our Impulses.

Necessity Embitters The Evils Which It Cannot Cure.