We are deceived if we think that mind and judgment are two different matters: judgment is but the extent of the light of the mind. This light penetrates to the bottom of matters; it remarks all that can be remarked, and perceives what appears imperceptible. Therefore we must agree that it is the extent of the light in the mind that produces all the effects which we attribute to judgment.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
Francois de La RochefoucauldOur greediness so often troubles us, making us run after so many things at the same time, that while we too eagerly look after the least we miss the greatest.
Francois de La RochefoucauldTo establish oneself in the world, one does all one can to seem established there already.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld