Idleness Is More An Infirmity

The Principal Point Of Cleverness Is To Know How To Value Things Just As They Deserve.

The Good Or The Bad Fortune Of Men Depends Not Less Upon Their Own Dispositions Than Upon Fortune.

Silence Is The Safest Course For Any Man To Adopt Who Distrust Himself.

The Most Brilliant Fortunes Are Often Not Worth The Littleness Required To Gain Them.

The Love Of New Acquaintance Comes Not So Much From Being Weary Of What We Had Before, Or From Any Satisfaction There Is In Change, As From The Distaste We Feel In Being Too Little Admired By Those That Know Us Too Well, And The Hope Of Being More Admired By Those That Know Us Less.