Passion Often Makes Fools Of The Wisest

If We Have Not Peace Within Ourselves, It Is In Vain To Seek It From Outward Sources.

He Who Imagines He Can Do Without The World Deceives Himself Much; But He Who Fancies The World Cannot Do Without Him Is Still More Mistaken.

Not To Love Is In Love An Infallible Means Of Being Loved.

It Is Easier To Rule Others Than To Keep From Being Ruled Oneself.

Nothing Hinders A Thing From Being Natural So Much As The Straining Ourselves To Make It Seem So.