It Is Difficult To Esteem

To Withdraw Ourselves From The Law Of The Strong, We Have Found Ourselves Obliged To Submit To Justice. Justice Or Might, We Must Choose Between These Two Masters.

In Order To Do Great Things, It Is Necessary To Live As If One Was Never To Die.

If People Did Not Compliment One Another There Would Be Little Society.

The Maxim That Men Are Not To Be Praised Before Their Death Was Invented By Envy And Too Lightly Adopted By Philosophers.

Whatever Affection We Have For Our Friends Or Relations, The Happiness Of Others Never Suffices For Our Own.