Propriety Is The Least Of All Laws,

When We Are Unable To Find Tranquility Within Ourselves, It Is Useless To Seek It Elsewhere.

A Man Often Thinks He Rules Himself, When All The While He Is Ruled And Managed; And While His Understanding Directs One Design, His Affections Imperceptibly Draw Him Into Another.

All The Passions Make Us Commit Faults; Love Makes Us Commit The Most Ridiculous Ones.

It Appears That Nature Has Hid At The Bottom Of Our Hearts Talents And Abilities Unknown To Us. It Is Only The Passions That Have The Power Of Bringing Them To Light, And Sometimes Give Us Views More True And More Perfect Than Art Could Possibly Do.

The Most Subtle Of Our Acts Is To Simulate Blindness For Snares That We Know Are Set For Us.