None But The Contemptible Are Apprehensive Of

There Are Some People Upon Whom Their Very Faults And Failings Sit Gracefully; And There Are Others Whose Very Excellencies And Accomplishments Do Not Become Them.

Our Distrust Of Another Justifies His Deceit.

Men Never Desire Anything Very Eagerly Which They Desire Only By The Dictates Of Reason.

Luxury And Excessive Refinement Are Sure Forerunners Of The Decadence Of States, Because When All Individuals Seek Their Own Interests They Neglect The Public Weal.

Ridicule Dishonours More Than Dishonour.