The Defects Of The Mind, Like Those

What Often Prevents Our Abandoning Ourselves To A Single Vice Is, Our Having More Than One.

The Health Of The Soul Is As Precarious As That Of The Body; For When We Seem Secure From Passions, We Are No Less In Danger Of Their Infection Than We Are Of Falling Ill When We Appear To Be Well.

Passion Often Renders The Most Clever Man A Fool, And Sometimes Renders The Most Foolish Man Clever.

Our Enemies' Opinion Of Us Comes Closer To The Truth Than Our Own.

Most People Judge Men By Their Success Or Their Good Fortune.