One May Outwit Another, But

All Women Seem By Nature To Be Coquettes.

All Our Qualities, Whether Good Or Bad, Are Unstable And Ambiguous, And Almost All Are At The Mery Of Chance.

Passion Often Makes Fools Of The Wisest Men And Gives The Silliest Wisdom.

Before We Passionately Desire A Thing, We Should Examine The Happiness Of Its Possessor.

Absence Diminishes Mediocre Passions And Increases Great Ones, As The Wind Extinguishes Candles And Fans Fires.