We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
Francois de La RochefoucauldModeration is the feebleness and sloth of the soul, whereas ambition is the warmth and activity of it.
Francois de La RochefoucauldIn the human heart one generation of passions follows another; from the ashes of one springs the spark of the next.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld