We often credit ourselves with vices the reverse of what we have, thus when weak we boast of our obstinacy.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe are almost always wearied in the company of persons with whom we are not permitted to be weary.
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 Rochefoucauld