It Is Great Folly To Wish To

The Generality Of Men Have, Like Plants, Latent Properties, Which Chance Brings To Light.

Happiness Is In The Taste, And Not In The Things Themselves; We Are Happy From Possessing What We Like, Not From Possessing What Others Like.

Those Who Are Themselves Incapable Of Great Crimes Are Ever Backward To Suspect Others.

There Are Crimes Which Become Innocent And Even Glorious Through Their Splendor, Number And Excess.

We May Give Advice, But Not The Sense To Use It.