98.—Everyone praises his heart, none dare praise their understanding.
99.—Politeness of mind consists in thinking chaste and refined thoughts.
100.—Gallantry of mind is saying the most empty things in an agreeable manner.
101.—Ideas often flash across our minds more complete than we could make them after much labour.
102.—The head is ever the dupe of the heart.
[A feeble imitation of that great thought "All folly comes from the heart."—Aimé Martin. But Bonhome, in his L'art De Penser, says "Plusieurs diraient en période quarré que quelques reflexions que fasse l'esprit et quelques resolutions qu'il prenne pour corriger ses travers le premier sentiment du coeur renverse tous ses projets. Mais il n'appartient qu'a M. de la Rochefoucauld de dire tout en un mot que l'esprit est toujours la dupe du coeur.">[
103.—Those who know their minds do not necessarily know their hearts.
104.—Men and things have each their proper perspective; to judge rightly of some it is necessary to see them near, of others we can never judge rightly but at a distance.
105.—A man for whom accident discovers sense, is not a rational being. A man only is so who understands, who distinguishes, who tests it.
106.—To understand matters rightly we should understand their details, and as that knowledge is almost infinite, our knowledge is always superficial and imperfect.