What We Take For High-mindedness Is Very

Most Men, Like Plants, Possess Hidden Qualities Which Chance Discovers.

Gratitude Is A Useless Word. You Will Find It In A Dictionary But Not In Life.

Men And Things Have Each Their Proper Perspective; To Judge Rightly Of Some It Is Necessary To See Them Near, Of Others We Can Never Judge Rightly But At A Distance.

To Praise Princes For Virtues They Do Not Possess Is To Insult Them Without Fear Of Consequences.

There Are Various Sorts Of Curiosity; One Is From Interest, Which Makes Us Desire To Know That Which May Be Useful To Us; And The Other, From Pride Which Comes From The Wish To Know What Others Are Ignorant Of.