The Only Thing That Should Surprise Us

Happiness Does Not Consist In Things Themselves But In The Relish We Have Of Them; And A Man Has Attained It When He Enjoys What He Loves And Desires Himself, And Not What Other People Think Lovely And Desirable.

Whatever Distrust We May Have Of The Sincerity Of Those Who Converse With Us, We Always Believe They Will Tell Us More Truth Than They Do To Others.

Before Strongly Desiring Anything, We Should Look Carefully Into The Happiness Of Its Present Owner.

The More One Loves A Mistress, The More One Is Ready To Hate Her.

Flattery Is A Counterfeit Money Which, But For Vanity, Would Have No Circulation.