Society Would Be A Charming

All Passions Are Exaggerated, Otherwise They Would Not Be Passions.

Education Must Have Two Foundations --morality As A Support For Virtue, Prudence As A Defense For Self Against The Vices Of Others. By Letting The Balance Incline To The Side Of Morality, You Only Make Dupes Or Martyrs; By Letting It Incline To The Other, You Make Calculating Egoists.

Contemptuous People Are Sure To Be Contemptible.

A Man Is Not Necessarily Intelligent Because He Has Plenty Of Ideas, Any More Than He Is A Good General Because He Has Plenty Of Soldiers.

Someone Has Said That To Plagiarise From The Ancients Is To Play The Pirate Beyond The Equator, But That To Steal From The Moderns Is To Pick Pockets At Street Corners.