What Keeps Us From Abandoning Ourselves Entirely

A Great Many Men's Gratitude Is Nothing But A Secret Desire To Hook In More Valuable Kindnesses Hereafter.

A Man Is Sometimes Better Off Deceived About The One He Loves, Than Undeceived.

It's The Height Of Folly To Want To Be The Only Wise One.

There Are A Great Many Simpletons Who Know Themselves To Be So, And Who Make A Very Cunning Use Of Their Own Simplicity.

Luxury And Excessive Refinement Are Sure Forerunners Of The Decadence Of States, Because When All Individuals Seek Their Own Interests They Neglect The Public Weal.