Hope Deceives More Men Than Cunning Does.

The Favorites Of Fortune Or Of Fame Topple From Their Pedestals Before Our Eyes Without Diverting Us From Ambition.

In Order To Do Great Things, It Is Necessary To Live As If One Was Never To Die.

If Our Friends Do Us A Service, We Think They Owe It To Us By Their Title Of Friend. We Never Think That They Do Not Owe Us Their Friendship.

Activity Makes More Men's Fortunes Than Cautiousness.

Reason And Emotion Counsel And Supplement Each Other. Whoever Heeds Only The One, And Puts Aside The Other, Recklessly Deprives Himself Of A Portion Of The Aid Granted Us For The Regulation Of Our Conduct.