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The Person Is Always Happy Who Is In The Presence Of Something They Cannot Know In Full. A Person As Advanced Far In The Study Of Morals Who Has Mastered The Difference Between Pride And Vanity.

Men Of Reason Have Endured;men Of Passion Have Lived.

I Only Study The Things I Like; I Apply My Mind Only To Matters That Interest Me. They'll Be Useful-or Useless-to Me Or To Others In Due Course, I'll Be Given-or Not Given-the Opportunity Of Benefiting From What I've Learned. In Any Case, I'll Have Enjoyed The Inestimable Advantage Of Doing Things I Like Doing And Following My Own Inclinations.

We Leave Unmolested Those Who Set The Fire To The House, And Prosecute Those Who Sound The Alarm.

Too Elevated Qualities Often Unfit A Man For Society. We Do Not Go To Market With Ingots, But With Silver And Small Change.