Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.

Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.

A good memory is one that can remember the day's blessings and forget the day's troubles

A good memory is one that can remember the day's blessings and forget the day's troubles

Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on one side.

Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on one side.

We refused to assume - one of the central obligations of parenthood: to make ourselves the final authority on good read more

We refused to assume - one of the central obligations of parenthood: to make ourselves the final authority on good and bad, right and wrong, and to take the consequences of what might turn out to be a lifetime battle

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and the one that we take the least care of all read more

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and the one that we take the least care of all to acquire.