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A Small Degree Of Wit, Accompanied By Good Sense, Is Less Tiresome In The Long Run Than A Great Amount Of Wit Without It.

The Clemency Of Princes Is Often But Policy To Win The Affections Of The People.

Perfect Courage Is To Do Without Witnesses What One Would Be Capable Of Doing With The World Looking On.

Happiness Does Not Consist In Things Themselves But In The Relish We Have Of Them.

The Heart Of Man Ever Finds A Constant Succession Of Passions, So That The Destroying And Pulling Down Of One Proves Generally Tobe Nothing Else But The Production And The Setting Up Of Another.