Patience Is The Art Of Hoping.

Children Are Taught To Fear And Obey; The Avarice, Pride, Or Timidity Of Parents Teaches Children Economy, Arrogance, Or Submission. They Are Also Encouraged To Be Imitators, A Course To Which They Are Already Only Too Much Inclined. No One Thinks Of Making Them Original, Courageous, Independent.

If Our Friends Do Us A Service, We Think They Owe It To Us By Their Title Of Friend. We Never Think That They Do Not Owe Us Their Friendship.

We Are Forced To Respect The Gifts Of Nature, Which Study And Fortune Cannot Give.

The Shortness Of Life Cannot Dissuade Us From Its Pleasures, Nor Console Us For Its Pains.

Excessive Distrust Is Not Less Hurtfjul Than Its Opposite. Most Men Become Useless To Him Who Is Unwilling To Risk Being Deceived.