"Il apparaît de temps en temps sur la surface de la terre des hommes rares, exquis, qui brillent par leur vertu, et do…"

"It is no more in our power to love always than it was not to love at all."

"S’il est ordinaire d’être vivement touché des choses rares, pourquoi le sommes-nous si peu de la vertu?"

"S’il est heureux d’avoir de la naissance, il ne l’est pas moins d’être tel qu’on ne s’informe plus si vous en avez."

"There are some men who turn a deaf ear to reason and good advice, and wilfully go wrong for fear of being controlled."

"Menippus is a bird decked in various feathers which are not his. He neither says nor feels anything, but repeats the …"

"An intelligent man neither allows himself to be controlled nor attempts to control others; he wishes reason alone to …"

"A plain appearance is to ordinary men their proper garb: it suits them and fits them, but it adorns those persons who…"

"A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune, and favor can…"

"All passions are deceptive; they conceal themselves as much as possible from others and from themselves as well. No v…"