The Counsels Of Old Age Give Light

Lazy People Always Intend To Start Doing Something.

Reason Deceives Us More Often Than Does Nature.

Clarity Is The Counterbalance Of Profound Thoughts.

If A Man Is Endowed With A Noble And Courageous Soul, If He Is Painstaking, Proud, Ambitious, Without Meanness, Of A Profound A Deep-seated Intelligence, I Dare Assert That He Lacks Nothing To Be Neglected By The Great And Men In High Office, Who Fear, More Than Other Men, Those Whom They Cannot Dominate.

The Maxim That Men Are Not To Be Praised Before Their Death Was Invented By Envy And Too Lightly Adopted By Philosophers. I, On The Contrary, Maintain That They Ought To Be Praised In Their Lifetime If They Merit It; But Jealousy And Calumny, Roused Against Their Virtue Or Their Talent, Labour To Degrade Them If Any One Ventures To Bear Testimony To Them. It Is Unjust Criticism That They Should Fear To Hazard, Not Sincere Praise.