We Often Forgive Those Who Bore Us,

Nothing Is More Ridiculous In Old People That Were Once Good-looking, Than To Forget That They Are Not So Still.

Moderation Is Represented As A Virtue In Order To Restrain The Ambition Of Great Men, And To Console Those Of A Meaner Condition In Their Lesser Merit And Fortune.

To Know Oneself Is Not Necessarily To Improve Oneself

It Is Oftener By The Estimation Of Our Own Feelings That We Exaggerate The Good Qualities Of Others Than By Their Merit, And When We Praise Them We Wish To Attract Their Praise.

The Passions Of Youth Are Not More Dangerous To Health Than Is The Lukewarmness Of Old Age.