The Man Who Lives By Hope, Will

To Be Exempt From The Passions With Which Others Are Tormented, Is The Only Pleasing Solitude.

The Hours Of A Wise Man Are Lengthened By His Ideas, As Those Of A Fool Are By His Passions. The Time Of The One Is Long, Because He Does Not Know What To Do With It; So Is That Of The Other, Because He Distinguishes Every Moment Of It With Useful Or Amusing Thoughts--or, In Other Words, Because The One Is Always Wishing It Away, And The Other Always Enjoying It.

Nature Does Nothing Without Purpose Or Uselessly.

If Ridicule Were Employed To Laugh Men Out Of Vice And Folly, It Might Be Of Some Use.

The Most Skillful Flattery Is To Let A Person Talk On, And Be A Listener.