The Height Of Cleverness Is To Be

The Ambitious Deceive Themselves In Proposing An End To Their Ambition; That End, When Attained, Becomes A Means.

Kings Do With Men As With Pieces Of Money; They Give Them What Value They Please, And We Are Obliged To Receive Them At Their Current And Not At Their Real Value.

Raillery Is More Insupportable Than Wrong; Because We Have A Right To Resent Injuries, But Are Ridiculous In Being Angry At A Jest.

The Generality Of Men Have, Like Plants, Latent Properties, Which Chance Brings To Light.

Mediocre Minds Usually Dismiss Anything Which Reaches Beyond Their Own Understanding.