Authority And Example Lead The World.

Opinion Is Like A Pendulum And Obeys The Same Law.

What People Commonly Call Fate Is Mostly Their Own Stupidity.

We Must Set Limits To Our Wishes, Curb Our Desires, Moderate Our Anger, Always Remembering That An Individual Can Attain Only An Infinitesimal Share In Anything That Is Worth Having; And That On The Other Hand, Everyone Must Incur Many Of The Ills Of Life

The Faculty For Remembering Is Not Diminished In Proportion To What One Has Learnt, Just As Little As The Number Of Moulds In Which You Cast Sand Lessens Its Capacity For Being Cast In New Moulds.

A Man Shows His Character Just In The Way In Which He Deals With Trifles, For Then He Is Off His Guard.