The Constancy Of Sages Is Nothing But

It Is More Often From Pride Than From Defective Understanding That People Oppose Established Opinions: They Find The Best Places Taken In The Good Party And Are Reluctant To Accept Inferior Ones.

Decency Is The Least Of All Laws, But Yet It Is The Law Which Is Most Strictly Observed.

There Is Real Love Just As There Are Real Ghosts; Every Person Speaks Of It, Few Persons Have Seen It.

Magnanimity Is Sufficiently Defined By Its Name, Nevertheless One Can Say It Is The Good Sense Of Pride, The Most Noble Way Of Receiving Praise.

The Intention Of Never Deceiving Often Exposes Us To Deception.