The World More Often Rewards The Appearances

We Torment Ourselves Rather To Make It Appear That We Are Happy Than To Become So.

To Understand Matters Rightly We Should Understand Their Details; And As That Knowledge Is Almost Infinite, Our Knowledge Is Always Superficial And Imperfect.

It Is Not Enough To Have Great Qualities; We Should Also Have The Management Of Them.

Our Minds Are Lazier Than Our Bodies.

There Are Persons Whose Only Merit Consists In Saying And Doing Stupid Things At The Right Time, And Who Ruin All If They Change Their Manners.