Hope is the last thing that dies in man; and though it be exceedingly deceitful, yet it is of this good use to us, that while we are traveling through life it conducts us in an easier and more pleasant way to our journey's end.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFew people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWhilst weakness and timidity keep us to our duty, virtue has often all the honor.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe endeavor to make a virtue of the faults we are unwilling to correct.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld