No One Likes To Be Pitied For

We Are Less Hurt By The Contempt Of Fools Than By The Lukewarm Approval Of Men Of Intelligence.

The Falsest Of All Philosophies Is That Which, Under The Pretext Of Delivering Men From The Embarrassment Of Their Passions, Counsels Idleness And The Abandonment And Neglect Of Themselves.

Despair Exaggerates Not Only Our Misery But Also Our Weakness.

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

If Virtue Were Its Own Reward, It Would No Longer Be A Human Quality, But Supernatural.