Most Men, Like Plants, Possess

It Is Necessary, In Order To Know Things Well, To Know The Particulars Of Them; And These, Being Infinite, Make Our Knowledge Eversuperficial And Imperfect.

We Are Never So Happy, Nor So Unhappy, As We Suppose Ourselves To Be.

Our Probity Is Not Less At The Mercy Of Fortune Than Our Property.

It Is Often Laziness And Timidity That Keep Us Within Our Duty While Virtue Gets All The Credit.

The Reason We Do Not Let Our Friends See The Very Bottom Of Our Hearts Is Not So Much Distrust Of Them As Distrust Of Ourselves.