Our Virtues Are Dearer To

Ignorance Is Not Lack Of Intelligence, Nor Knowledge A Proof Of Genius.

We Can Love With All Our Hearts Those In Whom We Recognize Great Faults. It Would Be Impertinent To Believe That Perfection Alone Has The Right To Please Us; Sometimes Our Weaknesses Attach Us To Each Other As Much As Our Virtues.

You Must Maintain Strength Of Body In Order To Preserve Strength Of Mind.

With Kings, Nations, And Private Individuals, The Strongest Assume To Themselves Rights Over The Weakest, And The Same Rule Is Followed By Animals, By Matter, By The Elements, So That Everything Is Performed In The Universe By Violence. And That Order Which We Blame With Some Appearance Of Justice Is The Most Universal, Most Absolute, Most Unchangeable, And Most Ancient Law Of Nature.

When We Feel That We Lack Whatever Is Needed To Secure Someone Else's Esteem, We Are Very Close To Hating Him