Everyone Is Born Sincere And Dies Deceivers.

To Execute Great Things, One Should Live As Though One Would Never Die.

The Falsest Of All Philosophies Is That Which, Under The Pretext Of Delivering Men From The Embarrassment Of Their Passions, Counsels Idleness And The Abandonment And Neglect Of Themselves.

Faith Is The Consolation Of The Wretched And The Terror Of The Happy.

Few Maxims Are True In Every Respect.

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.