A Man Often Imagines That

The Man Whom No One Pleases Is Much More Unhappy Than The Man Who Pleases No One.

In The Presence Of Some People We Inevitably Depart From Ourselves: We Are Inaccurate, We Say Things We Do Not Feel, And Talk Nonsense. When We Get Home We Are Conscious That We Have Made Fools Of Ourselves. Never Go Near These People.

We Have No Patience With Other People's Vanity Because It Is Offensive To Our Own.

There Are People Who, Like New Songs, Are In Vogue Only For A Time.

Philosophy Easily Triumphs Over Past And Future Ills; But Present Ills Triumph Over Philosophy.