There are few people more convinced of their own genius than those who complain of how stupid they are.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe health of the soul is as precarious as that of the body; for when we seem secure from passions, we are no less in danger of their infection than we are of falling ill when we appear to be well.
Francois de La RochefoucauldHowever great the advantages given us by nature, it is not she alone, but fortune with her, which makes heroes.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld