A Man Is Sometimes Better Off Deceived

The Good Or The Bad Fortune Of Men Depends Not Less Upon Their Own Dispositions Than Upon Fortune.

What We Take For Virtue Is Often Nothing But An Assemblage Of Different Actions, And Of Different Interests, That Fortune Or Our Industry Knows How To Arrange.

However We May Conceal Our Passions Under The Veil ... There Is Always Some Place Where They Peep Out.

It Is Easier To Understand Mankind In General Than Any Individual Man.

Why Can We Remember The Tiniest Detail That Has Happened To Us, And Not Remember How Many Times We Have Told It To The Same Person.