Whatever Pretext We May Give

He Who Lives Without Folly Isn't So Wise As He Thinks.

Youth Is A Continual Intoxication; It Is The Fever Of Reason.

Ordinary Men Commonly Condemn What Is Beyond Them.

When We Are Unable To Find Tranquility Within Ourselves, It Is Useless To Seek It Elsewhere.

A Wise Man Should Order His Interests, And Set Them All In Their Proper Places. This Order Is Often Troubled By Greed, Which Putsus Upon Pursuing So Many Things At Once That, In Eagerness For Matters Of Less Consideration, We Grasp At Trifles, And Let Go Things Of Greater Value.