Our Minds Are As Much

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

The Truest Mark Of Being Born With Great Qualities Is To Be Born Without Envy.

Fortune Makes Our Virtues And Vices Visible, Just As Light Does The Objects Of Sight.

Friendship Is A Traffic Wherein Self-love Always Proposes To Be The Gainer.

He Who Lives Without Folly Isn't So Wise As He Thinks.