Marriage Has Many Pains, But Celibacy Has

It Is A Hopeless Endeavour To Unite The Contrarieties Of Spring And Winter; It Is Unjust To Claim The Privileges Of Age, And Retain The Play-things Of Childhood.

A Country Governed By A Despot Is An Inverted Cone.

Whatever Is Proposed, It Is Much Easier To Find Reasons For Rejecting Than Embracing.

Every Man Prefers Virtue, When There Is Not Some Strong Incitement To Transgress Its Precepts.

There Is Such A Difference Between The Pursuits Of Men In Great Cities That One Part Of The Inhabitants Lives To Little Other Purpose Than To Wonder At The Rest. Some Have Hopes And Fears, Wishes And Aversions, Which Never Enter Into The Thoughts Of Others, And Inquiry Is Laboriously Exerted To Gain That Which Those Who Possess It Are Ready To Throw Away.