Old People Are Fond Of

The Only Good Imitations Are Those That Poke Fun At Bad Originals.

People Would Not Long Remain In Social Life If They Were Not The Dupes Of Each Other.

The Passions Do Very Often Give Birth To Others Of A Nature Most Contrary To Their Own. Thus Avarice Sometimes Brings Forth Prodigality, And Prodigality Avarice; A Man's Resolution Is Very Often The Effect Of Levity, And His Boldness That Of Cowardice And Fear.

However Rare True Love May Be, It Is Less So Than True Friendship.

Absence Diminishes Mediocre Passions And Increases Great Ones, As The Wind Extinguishes Candles And Fans Fires.