Moderation is a fear of falling into that envy and contempt which those who grow giddy with their good fortune quite justly draw upon themselves. It is a vain boasting of the greatness of our mind.
Francois de La RochefoucauldIt is sometimes a point of as much cleverness to know to make good use of advice from others as to be able give good advice to oneself.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThere is a sort of love whose very excessiveness prevents the lover's being jealous.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFearlessness is a more than ordinary strength of mind, which raises the soul above the troubles, disorders, and emotions which theprospect of great dangers are used to produce. And by this inward strength it is that heroes preserve themselves in a calm and quiet state, and enjoy a presence of mind and the free use of their reason in the midst of those terrible accidents that amaze and confound other people.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld