Francois De La Rochefoucauld

We should manage our fortune as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is read more

We should manage our fortune as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity

Love, like fire, cannot subsist without constant impulse; it ceases to live from the moment it ceases to hope or read more

Love, like fire, cannot subsist without constant impulse; it ceases to live from the moment it ceases to hope or to fear

Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts

Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts

rnAbsence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.

rnAbsence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.

We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.

We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.