Moderation is the feebleness and sloth of the soul, whereas ambition is the warmth and activity of it.
Francois de La RochefoucauldHow deceitful hope may be, yet she carries us on pleasantly to the end of life.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe blindness of men is the most dangerous effect of their pride; it seems to nourish and augment it; it deprives them of knowledge of remedies which can solace their miseries and can cure their faults.
Francois de La RochefoucauldMore men are guilty of treason through weakness than any studied design to betray.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld