Few People Are Modest Enough To Be

It Is No Great Advantage To Possess A Quick Wit, If It Is Not Correct; The Perfection Is Not Speed But Uniformity.

Action Makes More Fortune Than Caution.

You Can Purchase The Mind Of Pascal For A Crown. Pleasures Even Cheaper Are Sold To Those Who Give Themselves Up To Them. It Is Only Luxuries And Objects Of Caprice That Are Rare And Difficult To Obtain; Unfortunately They Are The Only Things That Touch The Curiosity And Taste Of Ordinary Men.

Despair Puts The Last Touch Not Only To Our Misery But Also To Our Weakness.

Men Sometimes Feel Injured By Praise Because It Assigns A Limit To Their Merit; Few People Are Modest Enough Not To Take Offense That One Appreciates Them.