We Never Desire Strongly, What We Desire

There Are Persons Whose Only Merit Consists In Saying And Doing Stupid Things At The Right Time, And Who Ruin All If They Change Their Manners.

He Who Lives Without Folly Isn't So Wise As He Thinks.

Sometimes, Occasions Occur In Life Which Demand You To Be A Little Foolish In Order To Skillfully Extricate Yourself.

Philosophy Easily Triumphs Over Past And Future Ills; But Present Ills Triumph Over Philosophy.

In Misfortune We Often Mistake Dejection For Constancy; We Bear It Without Daring To Look On It; Like Cowards, Who Suffer Themselves To Be Murdered Without Resistance.