A Weak Mind Is The Only Defect

The Name And Pretense Of Virtue Is As Serviceable To Self-interest As Are Real Vices.

It Is Sometimes Necessary To Play The Fool To Avoid Being Deceived By Cunning Men.

It Is With True Love As It Is With Ghosts; Everyone Talks About It, But Few Have Seen It.

The Heart Of Man Ever Finds A Constant Succession Of Passions, So That The Destroying And Pulling Down Of One Proves Generally Tobe Nothing Else But The Production And The Setting Up Of Another.

The Constancy Of The Wise Is Only The Talent Of Concealing The Agitation Of Their Hearts.