Perfect Valor Is To Do,

Almost Everyone Takes Pleasure In Repaying Trifling Obligations, Very Many Feel Gratitude For Those That Are Moderate; But There Is Scarcely Anyone Who Is Not Ungrateful For Those That Are Weighty.

One Can No More Look Steadily At Death Than At The Sun.

We Are Deceived If We Think That Mind And Judgment Are Two Different Matters: Judgment Is But The Extent Of The Light Of The Mind. This Light Penetrates To The Bottom Of Matters; It Remarks All That Can Be Remarked, And Perceives What Appears Imperceptible. Therefore We Must Agree That It Is The Extent Of The Light In The Mind That Produces All The Effects Which We Attribute To Judgment.

We Should Not Be Upset That Others Hide The Truth From Us, When We Hide It So Often From Ourselves.

In The Misfortunes Of Our Best Friends We Always Find Something Not Altogether Displeasing To Us.