The Only Good Imitations Are Those That

We Are Never So Ridiculous Through What We Are As Through What We Pretend To Be.

The Largest Ambition Has The Least Appearance Of Ambition When It Meets With An Absolute Impossibility In Compassing Its Object.

True Eloquence Consists In Saying All That Should Be Said, And That Only.

The Happiness And Unhappiness Of Men Depends As Much On Their Ethics As On Fortune.

It Seems That Nature, Which Has So Wisely Disposed Our Bodily Organs With A View To Our Happiness, Has Also Bestowed On Us Pride, To Spare Us The Pain Of Being Aware Of Our Imperfections.