More Are Taken In By Hope Than

If Our Friends Do Us A Service, We Think They Owe It To Us By Their Title Of Friend. We Never Think That They Do Not Owe Us Their Friendship.

It Is Of No Use To Possess A Lively Wit If It Is Not Of The Right Proportion: The Perfection Of A Clock Is Not To Go Fast, But To Be Accurate.

You Can Purchase The Mind Of Pascal For A Crown. Pleasures Even Cheaper Are Sold To Those Who Give Themselves Up To Them. It Is Only Luxuries And Objects Of Caprice That Are Rare And Difficult To Obtain; Unfortunately They Are The Only Things That Touch The Curiosity And Taste Of Ordinary Men.

Glory Fills The World With Virtue, And, Like A Beneficent Sun, Covers The Whole Earth With Flowers And With Fruits.

Men Dissimulate Their Dearest, Most Constant, And Most Virtuous Inclination From Weakness And A Fear Of Being Condemned.