The Only Good Copies Are Those Which

No Persons Are More Frequently Wrong, Than Those Who Will Not Admit They Are Wrong.

Some Counterfeits Reproduce So Very Well The Truth That It Would Be A Flaw Of Judgment Not To Be Deceived By Them.

The Good Or The Bad Fortune Of Men Depends Not Less Upon Their Own Dispositions Than Upon Fortune.

Nothing Hinders A Thing From Being Natural So Much As The Straining Ourselves To Make It Seem So.

When We Exaggerate Our Friends' Tenderness Towards Us, It Is Often Less From Gratitude Than From A Desire To Exhibit Our Own Virtue.