Men Dissimulate Their Dearest, Most Constant, And

In Order To Protect Himself From Force, Man Was Obliged To Submit To Justice. Justice Or Force: He Was Compelled To Choose Between The Two Masters, So Little Are We Made To Be Independent.

We Can Console Ourselves For Not Having Great Talents As We Console Ourselves For Not Having Great Places. We Can Be Above Both In Our Hearts.

As Soon As An Opinion Becomes Common It Is Sufficient Reason For Men To Abandon It And To Uphold The Opposite Opinion Until That In Its Turn Grows Old, And They Require To Distinguish Themselves By Other Things. Thus If They Attain Their Goal In Some Art Or Science, We Must Expect Them Soon To Cast It Aside To Acquire Some Fresh Fame, And This Is Partly The Reason Why The Most Splendid Ages Degenerate So Quickly, And, Scarcely Emerged From Barbarism, Plunge Into It Again.

Whatever Affection We Have For Our Friends Or Relations, The Happiness Of Others Never Suffices For Our Own.

It Is Good To Be Firm By Temperament And Pliant By Reflection.