True Bravery Means Doing Alone

There Are No Events So Disastrous That Adroit Men Do Not Draw Some Advantage From Them, Nor Any So Fortunate That The Imprudent Cannot Turn To Their Own Prejudice.

There Are Some People Who Would Never Have Fallen In Love If They Had Not Heard There Was Such A Thing.

Sobriety Is Concern For One's Health - Or Limited Capacity.

We Exaggerate The Glory Of Some Men In Order To Detract From That Of Others.

Idleness And Constancy Fix The Mind To What It Finds Easy And Agreeable. This Habit Always Confines And Cramps Up Our Knowledge; And No One Has Ever Taken The Trouble To Stretch And Carry His Understanding As Far As It Could Go.