Were We Perfectly Acquainted With The Object,

High Fortune Makes Both Our Virtues And Vices Stand Out As Objects That Are Brought Clearly To View By The Light.

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

Numberless Arts Appear Foolish Whose Secret Motives Are Most Wise And Weighty.

Boredom ... Causes Us To Neglect More Duties Than Does Interest.

All The Passions Are Nothing Else Than Different Degrees Of Heat And Cold Of The Blood.