Nothing Is Given So Profusely As Advice.

When Fortune Surprises Us By Giving Us Some Great Office Without Having Gradually Led Us To Expect It, Or Without Having Raised Our Hopes, It Is Well Nigh Impossible To Occupy It Well, And To Appear Worthy To Fill It.

In The Human Heart New Passions Are Forever Being Born; The Overthrow Of One Almost Always Means The Rise Of Another.

The Duration Of Our Passions Is No More Dependent On Ourselves Than The Duration Of Our Lives.

We Sometimes Imagine We Hate Flattery, But We Only Hate The Way We Are Flattered.

We Are Almost Always Wearied In The Company Of Persons With Whom We Are Not Permitted To Be Weary.