All The Passions Are Nothing Else Than

Fortune Turns All Things To The Advantage Of Those On Whom She Smiles.

Few People Know Death, We Only Endure It, Usually From Determination, And Even From Stupidity And Custom; And Most Men Only Die Because They Know Not How To Prevent Dying.

As We Grow Older We Grow Both More Foolish And Wiser At The Same Time.

It Is Difficult To Like Those Whom We Do Not Esteem; But It Is No Less So To Like Those Whom We Esteem More Than Ourselves.

Happiness Does Not Consist In Things Themselves But In The Relish We Have Of Them.