Sometimes There Is Equal Or More Ability

Ability Wins Us The Esteem Of The True Men; Luck, That Of The People.

What Often Prevents Our Abandoning Ourselves To A Single Vice Is, Our Having More Than One.

There Are Crimes Which Become Innocent And Even Glorious Through Their Splendor, Number And Excess.

Many Young Persons Believe Themselves Natural When They Are Only Impolite And Coarse.

It Is Not Expedient Or Wise To Examine Our Friends Too Closely; Few Persons Are Raised In Our Esteem By A Close Examination.