The Contempt Of Riches In The Philosophers

Men Frequently Do Good Only To Give Themselves Opportunity Of Doing Ill With Impunity.

We Sometimes Think That We Hate Flattery, But We Only Hate The Manner In Which It Is Done. [fr., On Croit Quelquefoir Hair La Flatterie; Maid On Ne Hait Que A Maniere De Flatter.]

If You Cannot Find Peace In Yourself, It Is Useless To Look For It Elsewhere.

However Wicked Men May Be, They Do Not Dare Openly To Appear The Enemies Of Virtue, And When They Desire To Persecute Her They Either Pretend To Believe Her False Or Attribute Crimes To Her.

Whatever Pretext We May Give For Our Affections, Often It Is Only Interest And Vanity Which Cause Them.