The Prospect Of Being Pleased Tomorrow Will

All The Passions Make Us Commit Faults; Love Makes Us Commit The Most Ridiculous Ones.

It Is Easier To Understand Mankind In General Than Any Individual Man.

Folly Pursues Us At All Periods Of Our Lives. If Someone Seems Wise It Is Only Because His Follies Are Proportionate To His Age And Fortune.

Intrepidity Is An Extraordinary Strength Of Soul, Which Raises It Above The Troubles, Disorders And Emotions Which The Sight Of Great Perils Can Arouse In It; By This Strength Heroes Maintain A Calm Aspect And Preserve Their Reason And Liberty In The Most Surprising And Terrible Accidents.

Affected Simplicity Is An Elegant Imposture.