The heart of man ever finds a constant succession of passions, so that the destroying and pulling down of one proves generally tobe nothing else but the production and the setting up of another.
Francois de La RochefoucauldSilence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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 Rochefoucauld