The mark of extraordinary merit is to see those most envious of it constrained to praise.
Francois de La RochefoucauldHeat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe torment ourselves rather to make it appear that we are happy than to become so.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThough nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld