To Be A Great Man It Is

We Are Never Either So Fortunate Or So Misfortunate As We Imagine.

The Violence Done Us By Others Is Often Less Painful Than That Which We Do To Ourselves.

We Should Scarcely Desire Things Ardently If We Were Perfectly Acquainted With What We Desire.

When Our Vices Leave Us, We Like To Imagine It Is We Who Are Leaving Them.

Everyone Agrees That A Secret Should Be Kept Intact, But Everyone Does Not Agree As To The Nature And Importance Of Secrecy. Too Often We Consult Ourselves As To What We Should Say, What We Should Leave Unsaid. There Are Few Permanent Secrets, And The Scruple Against Revealing Them Will Not Last Forever.