The Most Universal Quality Is Diversity.

Greatness Of Soul Consists Not So Much In Soaring High And In Pressing Forward, As In Knowing How To Adapt And Limit Oneself.

The Finest Souls Are Those That Have The Most Variety And Suppleness.

A Little Of Everything And Nothing Thoroughly, After The French Fashion.

Of The Opinions Of Philosophy I Most Gladly Embrace Those That Are Most Solid, That Is To Say, Most Human And Most Our Own; My Opinions, In Conformity With My Conduct, Are Low And Humble.

We Are More Unhappy To See People Ahead Of Us Than Happy To See People Behind Us.