The Prospect Of Being Pleased

Penetration Has An Air Of Divination; It Pleases Our Vanity More Than Any Other Quality Of The Mind.

There Are Crimes Which Become Innocent And Even Glorious Through Their Splendor, Number And Excess.

We Acknowledge Our Faults In Order To Repair By Our Sincerity The Damage They Have Done Us In The Eyes Of Others.

It Is A Common Fault Never To Be Satisfied With Our Fortune, Nor Dissatisfied With Our Understanding.

Whilst Weakness And Timidity Keep Us To Our Duty, Virtue Has Often All The Honor.