Youth Is A Continual Intoxication; It Is

As Love Increases, Prudence Diminishes.

A Respectable Man May Love Madly, But Not Foolishly.

The Height Of Cleverness Is To Be Able To Conceal It.

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.