Moderation cannot have the credit of combatiug and subduing ambition, they are never found together. Moderation is the languor and indolence of the soul, as ambition is its activity and ardor.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe man whom no one pleases is much more unhappy than the man who pleases no one.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe are always bored by the very people by whom it is vital not to be bored.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld