We are inconsolable at being deceived by our enemies and being betrayed by our friends, yet we are often content in be being treated like that by our own selves.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThere are fine things that are more brilliant when they are unfinished than when finished too much.
Francois de La RochefoucauldPhilosophy easily triumphs over past and future ills; but present ills triumph over philosophy.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld