An honest man who has gotten rid of all illusions is a man par excellence. Though he may have little esprit, his society is very pleasant. He can't be a pedant, not placing importance in anything. He is indulgent, because he remembers that he had the same illusions that others are still occupied with. Being carefree is the reason for his confidence in his commerce with men, and for not giving in to petty annoyances. If people give him such annoyances or betray him, he forgets or disdains it. He has more gaiety than others, because he is constantly in a position to make epigrams on them. He has the truth, and laughs at the false steps that people take who are groping around in false ideas. He is a man who, from a place that is lit, sees the ridiculous gestures that people are making who are walking in a dark room at their own peril. With laughter, he breaks the false weights and measures that people apply to men and things.