The surest proof of being endowed with noble qualities is to be free from envy.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe tranquility or agitation of our temper does not depend so much on the big things which happen to us in life, as on the pleasant or unpleasant arrangements of the little things which happen daily.
Francois de La RochefoucauldLove often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld