Some weak people are so sensible of their weakness as to be able to make a good use of it.
Francois de La RochefoucauldPity is often a reflection of our own evils in the ills of others. It is a delicate foresight of the troubles into which we may fall.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWhat makes us so often discontented with those who transact business for us is that they almost always abandon the interest of their friends for the interest of the business, because they wish to have the honor of succeeding in that which they have undertaken.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld