It Requires Greater Virtues To Support Good

The Most Violent Passions Sometimes Leave Us At Rest, But Vanity Agitates Us Constantly.

Fortune Converts Everything To The Advantage Of Her Favorites.

Of All Our Faults, The One That We Excuse Most Easily Is Idleness.

The Generality Of Men Have, Like Plants, Latent Properties, Which Chance Brings To Light.

When Fortune Surprises Us By Giving Us Some Great Office Without Having Gradually Led Us To Expect It, Or Without Having Raised Our Hopes, It Is Well Nigh Impossible To Occupy It Well, And To Appear Worthy To Fill It.