We Easily Forget Crimes That Are Known

Imagination Does Not Enable Us To Invent As Many Different Contradictions As There Are By Nature In Every Heart.

The Fame Of Great Men Ought To Be Judged Always By Their Big, Fancy Names.

Avarice Often Produces Opposite Results: There Are An Infinite Number Of Persons Who Sacrifice Their Property To Doubtful And Distant Expectations; Others Mistake Great Future Advantages For Small Present Interests.

The Contempt Of Riches In Philosophers Was Only A Hidden Desire To Avenge Their Merit Upon The Injustice Of Fortune, By Despising The Very Goods Of Which Fortune Had Deprived Them; It Was A Secret To Guard Themselves Against The Degradation Of Poverty, It Was A Back Way By Which To Arrive At That Distinction Which They Could Not Gain By Riches.

Were We Faultless, We Would Not Derive Such Satisfaction From Remarking The Faults Of Others.