What We Cut Off From Our Other

Fortune Cures Us Of Many Faults That Reason Could Not.

We Would Rather Speak Ill Of Ourselves Than Not Talk About Ourselves At All.

People Are Often Vain Of Their Passions, Even Of The Worst, But Envy Is A Passion So Timid And Shame-faced That No One Ever Dare Avow Her.

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.

There May Be Talent Without Position, But There Is No Position Without Some Kind Of Talent.