Men Frequently Do Good Only To Give

Avarice Misapprehends Itself Almost Always. There Is No Passion Which More Often Will Miss Its Aim, Nor Upon Which The Present Has So Much Influence To The Prejudice Of The Future.

The Duration Of Our Passions Is No More Dependent On Ourselves Than The Duration Of Our Lives.

Moral Severity In Women Is Only A Dress Or Paint Which They Use To Set Off Their Beauty.

There Are But Very Few Men Clever Enough To Know All The Mischief They Do.

Kings Do With Men As With Pieces Of Money; They Give Them What Value They Please, And We Are Obliged To Receive Them At Their Current And Not At Their Real Value.