Not Being Able To Govern Events, I

Experience Has Taught Me This, That We Undo Ourselves By Impatience. Misfortunes Have Their Life And Their Limits, Their Sickness And Their Health.

The Most Fruitful And Natural Exercise For Our Minds Is, In My Opinion, Conversation.

When All Is Summed Up, A Man Never Speaks Of Himself Without Loss; His Accusations Of Himself Are Always Believed; His Praises Never.

It Is Setting A High Value Upon Our Opinions To Roast Men And Women Alive On Account Of Them.

Necessity Is A Violent School-mistress.