The Wise Person Often Shuns Society For

One Mark Of A Second-rate Mind Is To Be Always Telling Stories.

Children Have Neither Past Nor Future; And That Which Seldom Happens To Us, They Rejoice In The Present. [fr., Les Enfants N'ont Ni Passe Ni Avenir; Et, Ce Qui Ne Nous Arrive Guere, Ils Jouissent Du Present.]

One Should Never Risk A Joke, Even Of The Mildest And Most Unexceptional Charters, Except Among People Of Culture And Wit.

The Exact Contrary Of What Is Generally Believed Is Often The Truth.

All Men's Misfortunes Spring From Their Hatred Of Being Alone.