Our Merit Gains Us The Esteem Of

The Duration Of Our Passions Is No More Dependent On Ourselves Than The Duration Of Our Lives.

The Reason We Do Not Let Our Friends See The Very Bottom Of Our Hearts Is Not So Much Distrust Of Them As Distrust Of Ourselves.

A Certain Harmony Should Be Kept Between Actions And Ideas If We Want To Fully Develop The Effects They Can Produce.

Our Repentances Are Generally Not So Much A Concern And Remorse For The Harm We Have Done, As A Fear Of The Harm We May Have Brought Upon Ourselves.

There Are More Defects In Temperament Than In The Mind.