Our Opinion Of Others Is Not So

Great Men Undertake Great Things Because They Are Great; Fools, Because They Think Them Easy.

Excessive Distrust Is Not Less Hurtfjul Than Its Opposite. Most Men Become Useless To Him Who Is Unwilling To Risk Being Deceived.

Children Are Taught To Fear And Obey; The Avarice, Pride, Or Timidity Of Parents Teaches Children Economy, Arrogance, Or Submission. They Are Also Encouraged To Be Imitators, A Course To Which They Are Already Only Too Much Inclined. No One Thinks Of Making Them Original, Courageous, Independent.

The Falsest Of All Philosophies Is That Which, Under The Pretext Of Delivering Men From The Embarrassment Of Their Passions, Counsels Idleness And The Abandonment And Neglect Of Themselves.

Some Of Us Would Be Greatly Astonished To Learn The Reasons Why Others Respect Us.