Action Makes More Fortune Than Caution.

More Are Taken In By Hope Than By Cunning.

Men Sometimes Feel Injured By Praise Because It Assigns A Limit To Their Merit; Few People Are Modest Enough Not To Take Offense That One Appreciates Them.

Ignorance Is Not Lack Of Intelligence, Nor Knowledge A Proof Of Genius.

A Man Can Hardly Be Said To Have Made A Fortune If He Does Not Know How To Enjoy It.

The Maxim That Men Are Not To Be Praised Before Their Death Was Invented By Envy And Too Lightly Adopted By Philosophers. I, On The Contrary, Maintain That They Ought To Be Praised In Their Lifetime If They Merit It; But Jealousy And Calumny, Roused Against Their Virtue Or Their Talent, Labour To Degrade Them If Any One Ventures To Bear Testimony To Them. It Is Unjust Criticism That They Should Fear To Hazard, Not Sincere Praise.