The Most Brilliant Fortunes Are Often Not

Moderation Is Like Sobriety: You Would Like To Have Some More, But Are Afraid Of Making Yourself Ill.

What Often Prevents Our Abandoning Ourselves To A Single Vice Is, Our Having More Than One.

Fortune Cures Us Of Many Faults That Reason Could Not.

There Are Few People Who Would Not Be Ashamed Of Being Loved When They Love No Longer.

We Think Very Few People Sensible, Except Those Who Are Of Our Opinion.