Treachery Is More Often The Effect Of

The Generality Of Virtuous Women Are Like Hidden Treasures, They Are Safe Only Because Nobody Has Sought After Them.

To Be A Great Man It Is Necessary To Know How To Profit By The Whole Of Our Good Fortune.

Generally Speaking, We Would Make A Good Bargain By Renouncing All The Good That People Say Of Us, Upon Condition They Would Say No Ill.

It Is As Easy To Unknowingly Deceive Yourself As It Is To Deceive Others.

He Who Imagines He Can Do Without The World Deceives Himself Much; But He Who Fancies The World Cannot Do Without Him Is Still More Mistaken.