Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
Francois de La RochefoucauldModeration in people who are contented comes from that calm that good fortune lends to their spirit.
Francois de La RochefoucauldGreat men's honor ought always to be measured by the methods they made use of in attaining it.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe are always bored by the very people by whom it is vital not to be bored.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld