The Caprice Of Our Temper Is Even

What We Take For Virtue Is Often Nothing But An Assemblage Of Different Actions, And Of Different Interests, That Fortune Or Our Industry Knows How To Arrange.

The Desire To Seem Clever Often Keeps Us From Being So.

We Think Very Few People Sensible, Except Those Who Are Of Our Opinion.

Affected Simplicity Is A Subtle Imposture.

If A Man Doesn't Find Ease In Himself, 'tis In Vain To Seek It Elsewhere.