Generosity Is The Vanity Of

Perfect Valor Is To Do, Without A Witness, All That We Could Do Before The Whole World.

We Exaggerate The Glory Of Some Men In Order To Detract From That Of Others.

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

It Requires Greater Virtues To Support Good Fortune Than Bad.

Of All Our Faults, The One That We Excuse Most Easily Is Idleness.