The Greatest Part Of Intimate Confidences Proceed

However Greatly We Distrust The Sincerity Of Those We Converse With, Yet Still We Think They Tell More Truth To Us Than To Anyone Else.

Though Men Are Apt To Flatter And Exalt Themselves With Their Great Achievements, Yet These Are, In Truth, Very Often Owing Not So Much To Design As Chance.

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

Our Wisdom Is No Less At Fortune's Mercy Than Our Wealth.

The Defects Of The Mind, Like Those Of The Face, Grow Worse With Age.