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

There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.

There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.

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.

We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.

We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.

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