A man's wits are better employed in bearing up under the misfortunes that lie upon him at present than in foreseeing those that may come upon him hereafter.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe vices enter into the composition of the virtues, as poisons into that of medicines. Prudence collects and arranges them, and uses them beneficially against the ills of life.
Francois de La RochefoucauldSometimes accidents happen in life from which we have need of a little madness to extricate ourselves successfully
Francois de La RochefoucauldHappiness does not consist in things themselves but in the relish we have of them; and a man has attained it when he enjoys what he loves and desires himself, and not what other people think lovely and desirable.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld