The Mind Reaches Great Heights Only By

Men Despise Great Projects When They Do Not Feel Themselves Capable Of Great Successes.

The Usual Pretext Of Those Who Make Others Unhappy Is That They Do It For Their Own Good.

If Our Friends Do Us A Service, We Think They Owe It To Us By Their Title Of Friend. We Never Think That They Do Not Owe Us Their Friendship.

Hatred And Dishonesty Generally Arises From Fear Of Being Deceived.

The Generality Of Men Are So Bound Within The Sphere Of Their Circumstances That They Have Not Even The Courage To Get Out Of Them Through Their Ideas, And If We See A Few Whom, In A Way, Speculation Over Great Things Makes Incapable Of Mean Ones, We Find Still More With Whom The Practice Of Small Things Takes Away The Feeling For Great Ones.