Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThere are no accidents so unlucky from which clever people are not able to reap some advantage, and none so lucky that the foolish are not able to turn them to their own disadvantage.
Francois de La RochefoucauldTo praise great actions with sincerity may be said to be taking part in them.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld