Envy Is More Irreconcilable Than Hatred.

The Moderation Of Men In The Most Exalted Fortunes Is A Desire To Be Thought Above Those Things That Have Raised Them So High.

Not All Those Who Know Their Minds Know Their Hearts As Well.

The Contempt Of Riches In Philosophers Was Only A Hidden Desire To Avenge Their Merit Upon The Injustice Of Fortune, By Despising The Very Goods Of Which Fortune Had Deprived Them; It Was A Secret To Guard Themselves Against The Degradation Of Poverty, It Was A Back Way By Which To Arrive At That Distinction Which They Could Not Gain By Riches.

We Think Very Few People Sensible, Except Those Who Are Of Our Opinion.

Prudence And Love Are Inconsistent; In Proportion As The Last Increases, The Other Decreases.