We Say Little, When Vanity Does Not

We Are Almost Always Bored By Just Those Whom We Must Not Find Boring.

The Contempt Of Riches In Philosophers Was Only A Hidden Desire To Avenge Their Merit Upon The Injustice Of Fortune, By Despising The Very Goods Of Which Fortune Had Deprived Them; It Was A Secret To Guard Themselves Against The Degradation Of Poverty, It Was A Back Way By Which To Arrive At That Distinction Which They Could Not Gain By Riches.

A Man's Happiness Or Unhappiness Depends As Much On His Temperament As On His Destiny.

Simplicity Is A Delicate Imposition.

What Seems To Be Generosity Is Often No More Than Disguised Ambition, Which Overlooks A Small Interest In Order To Secure A Great One.