No Vice Exists Which Does Not Pretend

Extremes Are Vicious, And Proceed From Men; Compensation Is Just, And Proceeds From God.

Life At Court Does Not Satisfy A Man, But It Keeps Him From Being Satisfied With Anything Else.

The Rarest Things In The World, Next To A Spirit Of Discernment, Are Diamonds And Pearls. [fr., Apres L'esprit De Discernement, Ce Qu'il Y A Au Monde De Plus Rare, Ce Sont Les Diamants Et Les Perles.]

It Is Very Rare To Find Ground Which Produces Nothing; If It Is Not Covered With Flowers, With Fruit Trees And Grains, It Produces Briers And Pines. It Is The Same With Man; If He Is Not Virtuous, He Becomes Vicious.

We Are More Sociable, And Get On Better With People By The Heart Than The Intellect.