Fortune Cures Us Of Many Faults That

The Qualities We Have Do Not Make Us So Ridiculous As Those Which We Affect To Have. [fr., On N'est Jamais Si Ridicule Par Les Qualites Que L'on A Que Par Celles Que L'on Affecte D'avoir.]

Death, Like The Sun, Cannot Be Looked At Steadily.

Our Distrust Of Another Justifies His Deceit.

In Great Affairs We Ought To Apply Ourselves Less To Creating Chances Than To Profiting From Those That Offer.

True Bravery Means Doing Alone That Which One Could Do If All The World Were By.