The Only Thing That Should Surprise Us

Few Things Are Impossible In Themselves: Application To Make Them Succeed Fails Us More Often Than The Means.

There Is No Praise We Have Not Lavished Upon Prudence; And Yet She Cannot Assure To Us The Most Trifling Event.

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

There Are Some Faults Which, When Well Managed, Make A Greater Figure Than Virtue Itself.

We Should Scarcely Desire Things Ardently If We Were Perfectly Acquainted With What We Desire.