Nothing Is More Gratifying To The Mind

Young Men Soon Give, And Soon Forget, Affronts; Old Age Is Slow In Both.

Content Has A Kindly Influence On The Soul Of Man, In Respect Of Every Being To Whom He Stands Related. It Extinguishes All Murmuring, Repining, And Ingratitude Toward That Being Who Has Allotted Us Our Part To Act In The World. It Destroys All Inordinate Ambition; Gives Sweetness To The Conversation, And Serenity To All The Thoughts; And If It Does Not Bring Riches, It Does The Same Thing By Banishing The Desire Of Them.

When A Man Becomes Familiar With His Goddess, She Quickly Sinks Into A Woman.

Allegories, When Well Chosen, Are Like So Many Tracks Of Light In A Discourse, That Make Everything About Them Clear And Beautiful.

Fables Take Off From The Severity Of Instruction, And Enforce It At The Same Time That They Conceal It.