Strength And Weakness Of Mind Are Misnomers;

Neither The Sun Nor Death Can Be Looked At Steadily.

Οur Own Distrust Somewhat Justifies The Deceit Of Others.

We Own Up To Minor Failings, But Only So As To Convince Others That We Have No Major Ones.

That Which Makes The Vanity Of Others Unbearable To Us Is That Which Wounds Our Own.

The Contempt Of Riches In Philosophers Was Only A Hidden Desire To Avenge Their Merit Upon The Injustice Of Fortune, By Despising The Very Goods Of Which Fortune Had Deprived Them; It Was A Secret To Guard Themselves Against The Degradation Of Poverty, It Was A Back Way By Which To Arrive At That Distinction Which They Could Not Gain By Riches.