The Maxims Of Men Reveal Their Characters.

Children Are Taught To Fear And Obey; The Avarice, Pride, Or Timidity Of Parents Teaches Children Economy, Arrogance, Or Submission. They Are Also Encouraged To Be Imitators, A Course To Which They Are Already Only Too Much Inclined. No One Thinks Of Making Them Original, Courageous, Independent.

The Falsest Of All Philosophies Is That Which, Under The Pretext Of Delivering Men From The Embarrassment Of Their Passions, Counsels Idleness And The Abandonment And Neglect Of Themselves.

More Are Taken In By Hope Than By Cunning.

Servitude Debases Men To The Point Where They End Up Liking It.

Our Opinion Of Others Is Not So Variable As Our Opinion Of Ourselves.