More Men Are Guilty Of Treason Through

The Hate Of Favourites Is Only A Love Of Favour. The Envy Of Not Possessing It, Consoles And Softens Its Regrets By The Contempt It Evinces For Those Who Possess It, And We Refuse Them Our Homage, Not Being Able To Detract From Them What Attracts That Of The Rest Of The World.

There Are Very Few Things Impossible In Themselves; And We Do Not Want Means To Conquer Difficulties So Much As Application And Resolution In The Use Of Means.

The Violence Done Us By Others Is Often Less Painful Than That Which We Do To Ourselves.

All The Passions Are Nothing Else Than Different Degrees Of Heat And Cold Of The Blood.

There Are Some Good Marriages, But Practically No Delightful Ones.