Our hopes, often though they deceive us, lead us pleasantly along the path of life.
Francois de La RochefoucauldPride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.
Francois de La RochefoucauldMen are often so foolish as to boast and value themselves upon their passions, even those that are most vicious. But envy is a passion so full of cowardice and shame that no one every ever had the confidence to own it.
Francois de La RochefoucauldRepentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld