Few things are needful to make the wise man happy, but nothing satisfies the fool; - and this is the reason why so many of mankind are miserable.

All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.

There are few occasions when we should make a bad bargain by giving up the good on condition that no ill was said of us.

The intention of cheating no one lays us open to being cheated ourselves.

Nothing ought in reason to mortify our self-satisfaction more that the considering that we condemn at one time what we highly approve and commend at another.

Our wisdom is no less at fortune's mercy than our wealth.

Were we faultless, we would not derive such satisfaction from remarking the faults of others.