Fortune Mends More Faults In Us Than

The Desire To Be Thought Clever Often Prevents A Man From Becoming So.

Innocence Does Not Find Near So Much Protection As Guilt.

It Is Often Hard To Determine Whether A Clear, Open, And Honorable Proceeding Is The Result Of Goodness Or Of Cunning.

Kings Do With Men As With Pieces Of Money; They Give Them What Value They Please, And We Are Obliged To Receive Them At Their Current And Not At Their Real Value.

There Are People Who In Spite Of Their Merit Disgust Us And Others Who Please Us In Spite Of Their Faults.