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

We are more often treacherous, through weakness than through calculation.

We are more often treacherous, through weakness than through calculation.

However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.

However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.

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

We always love those who admire us; we do not always love those whom we admire.

We always love those who admire us; we do not always love those whom we admire.