Idleness And Fear Keeps Us In The

The Cunningest Dissimulation Is When A Man Pretends To Be Caught In The Traps Others Set For Him; And A Man Is Never So Easily Over-reached As When He Is Contriving To Over-reach Others.

Ordinary Men Commonly Condemn What Is Beyond Them.

We Rarely Ever Perceive Others As Being Sensible, Except For Those Who Agree With Us.

The Contempt Of Riches In The Philosophers Was A Concealed Desire Of Revenging On Fortune The Injustice Done To Their Merit, By Despising The Good She Denied Them.

We Often Pay Our Debts Not Because It Is Only Fair That We Should, But To Make Future Loans Easier.