Propriety Is The Least Of All Laws,

One Should Treat One's Fate As One Does One's Health; Enjoy It When It Is Good, Be Patient With It When It Is Poor, And Never Attempt Any Drastic Cure Save As An Ultimate Resort.

Jealousy Is Not So Much The Love Of Another As The Love Of Ourselves.

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

Love Has Its Name Borrowed By A Great Number Of Dealings And Affairs That Are Attributed To It--in Which It Has No Greater Part Than The Doge In What Is Done At Venice.

The Moderation Of Men In The Most Exalted Fortunes Is A Desire To Be Thought Above Those Things That Have Raised Them So High.