There Are Fine Things That Are More

We Are Not Fond Of Praising, And Never Praise Any One Except From Interested Motives. Praise Is A Clever, Concealed, And Delicate Flattery, Which Gratifies In Different Ways The Giver And The Receiver. The One Takes It As A Recompense Of His Merit, And The Other Bestows It To Display His Equity And Discernment.

Even Women Are Perfect At The Outset.

We Are Never So Easily Deceived As When We Imagine We Are Deceiving Others.

Envy Is More Incapable Of Reconciliation Than Hatred Is.

The Passions Possess A Certain Injustice And Self Interest Which Makes It Dangerous To Follow Them, And In Reality We Should Distrust Them Even When They Appear Most Trustworthy.