Few Know How To Be Old.

Simplicity Is A Delicate Imposition.

A Clever Man Should Handle His Interests So That Each Will Fall In Suitable Order Of Their Value.

Passions Often Produce Their Contraries: Avarice Sometimes Leads To Prodigality, And Prodigality To Avarice; We Are Often Obstinate Through Weakness And Daring Through Timidity.

Before Strongly Desiring Anything, We Should Look Carefully Into The Happiness Of Its Present Owner.

The Qualities We Have Do Not Make Us So Ridiculous As Those Which We Affect To Have. [fr., On N'est Jamais Si Ridicule Par Les Qualites Que L'on A Que Par Celles Que L'on Affecte D'avoir.]