We Often Boast That We Are Never

We Speak Little If Not Egged On By Vanity.

A Fool Has Not Material Enough To Be Good. [fr., Un Sot N'a Pas Assez D'etoffe Pour Etre Bon.]

It Is More Often From Pride Than From Ignorance That We Are So Obstinately Opposed To Current Opinions; We Find The First Places Taken, And We Do Not Want To Be The Last.

It Is Not Always From Valor Or From Chastity That Men Are Brave, And Women Chaste.

Indolence, Languid As It Is, Often Masters Both Passions And Virtues.