Too Great Refinement Is False Delicacy, And

Humility Is Often Only Feigned Submission Which People Use To Render Others Submissive. It Is A Subterfuge Of Pride Which Lowers Itself In Order To Rise.

In Infants, Levity Is A Prettiness; In Men A Shameful Defect; But In Old Age, A Monstrous Folly.

There Is A Sort Of Love Whose Very Excessiveness Prevents The Lover's Being Jealous.

The Esteem Of Good Men Is The Reward Of Our Worth, But The Reputation Of The World In General Is The Gift Of Our Fate.

Every One Speaks Well Of His Own Heart, But No One Dares Speak Well Of His Own Mind.