The First Lover Is Kept

We Would Rather Speak Ill Of Ourselves Than Not Talk About Ourselves At All.

The Most Brilliant Fortunes Are Often Not Worth The Littleness Required To Gain Them.

Love Is To The Soul Of Him Who Loves, What The Soul Is To The Body Which It Animates.

It Is Much Easier To Seem Fitted For Posts We Do Not Fill Than For Those We Do.

Luxury And Excessive Refinement Are Sure Forerunners Of The Decadence Of States, Because When All Individuals Seek Their Own Interests They Neglect The Public Weal.