Our Envy Always Outlives The Felicity Of

The Surest Way To Be Deceived Is To Consider Oneself Cleverer Than Others.

A Certain Harmony Should Be Kept Between Actions And Ideas If We Want To Fully Develop The Effects They Can Produce.

He Is Safe Who Admits No One To His Confidence.

Fortune Makes Our Virtues And Vices Visible, Just As Light Does The Objects Of Sight.

There Is A Kind Of Elevation Which Does Not Depend On Fortune; It Is A Certain Air Which Distinguishes Us, And Seems To Destine Us For Great Things; It Is A Price Which We Imperceptibly Set Upon Ourselves.