Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts
Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
The good or the bad fortune of men depends not less upon their own dispositions than upon fortune.
It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend.
The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
What we take for high-mindedness is very often no other than ambition well disguised, that scorns means interests, only to pursuegreater.