Nature Creates Ability; Luck Provides It With

There Are Few People More Convinced Of Their Own Genius Than Those Who Complain Of How Stupid They Are.

We Are Easily Comforted For The Misfortunes Of Our Friends, When Those Misfortunes Give Us An Occasion Of Expressing Our Affection And Solicitude.

When Our Hatred Is Violent, It Sinks Us Even Beneath Those We Hate.

Fortunate Persons Hardly Ever Amend Their Ways: They Always Imagine That They Are In The Right When Fortune Upholds Their Bad Conduct.

Vices Are Ingredients Of Virtues Just As Poisons Are Ingredients Of Remedies. Prudence Mixes And Tempers Them And Uses Them Effectively Against Life's Ills.