To Know How To Hide One's Ability

The Extreme Delight We Experience In Talking About Ourselves Should Warn Us That Those Who Listen Do Not Share It.

We Seldom Find Any Person Of Good Sense, Except Those Who Share Our Opinions.

Happiness Does Not Consist In Things Themselves But In The Relish We Have Of Them; And A Man Has Attained It When He Enjoys What He Loves And Desires Himself, And Not What Other People Think Lovely And Desirable.

Numberless Arts Appear Foolish Whose Secret Motives Are Most Wise And Weighty.

Those Who Occupy Their Minds With Small Matters, Generally Become Incapable Of Greatness.