We Often Forgive Those Who Bore Us,

Only The Contemptible Fear Contempt.

People's Personalities, Like Buildings, Have Various Facades, Some Pleasant To View, Some Not.

Luxury And Excessive Refinement Are Sure Forerunners Of The Decadence Of States, Because When All Individuals Seek Their Own Interests They Neglect The Public Weal.

Few People Know Death, We Only Endure It, Usually From Determination, And Even From Stupidity And Custom; And Most Men Only Die Because They Know Not How To Prevent Dying.

Few Know How To Be Old.